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ARMS SMUGGLING, CUBA
LATIN AMERICA SECURITY
CUBAN SPONSORED SUBVERSION

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
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Califano Papers, Box 6, Folder 30. Assorted documents related to Cuban material support of
Communist subversives in Latin America.

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, in other coumiwies.. Tdentigiention of these arms with Cuba woul

te 4 tists coubedne thve Shows: a) we reports alledsing orm
eunigel: crea aad by aoans of food meicuets shinged to
es whieh indtectes thet a Cuber armas
pandl, lé aot of Cuban origing and (3) Teo
ant amine & Cuban erdemal, purportedly being used to
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bo ad material contains infarmation affecting fhe Notional Defente of the United States within the meaning of- “the Espronage ews, ‘Tate 18, USS Secs.
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COUNTRY CuBA/LAT IN AMERICA

REPORT NO. TOCS DaL3/653, 152

_ SUBJECT POSSIBLE. _CONCEALMENT. OF WEAPONS ‘DATE DISTR. 6 FEBRUARY 1963
FOR. “SHIPMENT TO LATIN AMERICA. _
= aa precepence ROUTINE

DATE OF LATE 1962 REFERENCES in. 62553
INFO. . aa 35871 eg
PLACE & UNITED STATES (4 FEBRUARY 1963) Cg an .

- DATE ACO. . oe . .
APPRAISAL FIELD REPORT NO,

THIS is UNEVALUATED-RIFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
U.S. OWNER Cc) F A MARINA, FROM A FORMER CUBAN AIR FORCE OFFICER,
FROM THE BROTHER OF AN ‘EMPLOYEE OF A CANNERY IN SAN CRISTOBAL.

SOURCE

— 1. .IN LATE 1962 A DAY-SHIFT EMPLOYEE AT. A_CANNERY IN’ SAN

Ferner ag mme

IN NYLON AND <> BEDDED IR SURERDEDCOCONU? IK J A_CAN WHICH HAD SAD TELE

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“UNUSUALLY HEAVY. (FIELD COMMENT: IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE
CAN HAD GONE THROUGH THE CANNING PROCESS AND HAD BEEN SEALED.)
‘AS A RESULT OF HIS DISCOVERY THE WORKER WAS ALMOST FIRED. ONE.
OF THE MILITIA GUARDS AT THE CANNERY SAID THAT AMMUNITION AND
AMERICAN COUNTRIES. A SPECIAL NIGHT SHIFT WORKS AT THE PLANT.
= 2. cere’ ‘COMMENT: “aN UNTESTED SOURCE REPORTED IN EARLY ~

OCTOBER 1962 ‘THAT IN JULY 1962 A STORY, IAS GURCULATING ISM.

GROUP t
Eaciuded fraav aviomane
downgrading ond

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BEEN. FOUND_ EARLIER CONCEALED, INSIDE A A FROZEN ¢ CHICKEN. WHICH
HAD E BEEN 1 PART OF A. SHIPMENT 1 RECEIVED FROM CUBA. Do ,

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An atua cache of maeponi end ammmition sevently discovered at the
Idgas Camponesas guetrilis training center in tha iiterter of the
Bresilion étate of Goias is believed by US Eibassy and OAS officers te
be of Brazilien vathor than Cuban arms, despite a Brecilien newspaper
Suggestion that they vere Cuben, ‘There were ales Gigsevered about 125

goples of Commimist publications ineluding Che Gueverats wellmown

treatise on “Guerrilla Verfere". ‘The trainitig center was described aa
organized sccording to that book. A confidential report on the discoveries
edded that “neribers of the center wank to be the Bregilien equivalent

of those vho fought in the Siere Meestra and se bring the hard Chinase-
Cubsa type evolution to Brasil.” Same 90 to 95 peveons in the locality

| axa reported menibersé of or aympathetic te the ligas Camponedas activities,
bo but only @ of the 24 for whom verrants wore issued have yet been teken

| inte eustedy. (Am im, Rio de Janeiro 1122, 10 Decexber, CONFIDENTIAL,
and CIA, Brasilia, IN 33026, 11 Decenber, SUCKED NOFORN)

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Thar Material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within ‘the 4 fe of the De Lave Tie
1, HD, Soo TD and 74 © transmission or revelation of Which in eny manner.to an unauthorised percon is proaibited by dbw,

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NO FOREIGN, DISSEM os - Ott \

verte nema Cc RT Se Le ee at aaa

coun Cuba/USSR/Latin merioa “REPORT NO.” eua/aso/aee

suect . 1. Use of Soviet Fishing Boats DATE DISTR. 11 Décember 1962

to Transport . Arms to: Latin 3
America ° "NO. PAGES Od.
2. Belgian Arms * Dealer in Habana ,
a | REFERENCES * RD ~W-2107
{Paras. 1 & 2: October 1962; - , ae
‘[Para. 3; August 1962 me “RD~ACQ=01258

aras, 1, 2: France, Paris; _
Para. 3; Spain, Madrid — _ 38937
Paras. 1, 2; 23 ae 1962; fre. REPORT NO.

- THIS 1S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT = THMATVE

Paras. 1 & 2: ~-An. official French service: ‘Para. 3: CC 1167,
Cuban refugee (F), a former employee of the Cuban diplomatié
. 0. service, who visited Santiago de Cuba in August” 1962,

' - Appraisal of Content 3." —

“Soviet fishing. boats, “wnder cover of ‘fishing Atlantic waters, .
“.-are transporting contraband arms to Latin American countries. *,°
‘, The boats are met. outside the territorial waters of those

' countries, and arms are transferred in small quantities.

' On board the Soviet boats are only Soviets and a very few

Cubans or other Latin Americans who talk with those who
- pick up the arms. The arms being delivered are of American
_ manufacture, including those obtained during the Batista
‘. regime and those.taken during the Playa Giron invasion. The

Soviet fishing boats also carry. propaganda, and pamphiets
-- containing, military instructions, the same type of material

' being .sent by diplomatic pouch from Mexico.

A Belgian in Habana: who: says he represents, a Belgian ‘firm, -

": of arms for payment in dollars, The Belgian has made a
°- Similar offer of .sale of arms to a representative of an
’. anti-Castro group in Habana. _ vo

2 In August 1962 a fisherman in. - Santiago de Cuba said that

“on several occasions he had been forced by the Government

to use his boat for transporting. small groups of men, in
civilian clothes, and supplies of arms. He also knew of

“ other fishermen who had been forced to do the same. The men

- and arms were carried to small islands or transferred to other
- boats at sea. Such trips sometimes lasted as long. as four or
' five days, The fisherman did not know the purpose or final
destination of ‘the men and arms. i

7 ‘echimn ns
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awageading and
declostihcation

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- has offered the Cuban Government any type and nationality fo

coer |

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CIA INFORMATION REPORT €S-3/532,138.
“COUNTRY: CUBA _ 26 December 1962

7 SUBJECT: IDENTIFICATION OF CUBAN VESSELS ALLEGEDLY PREPARED 0 INVADE A
: CARIBBEAN COUNTRY ; ,

bo DATE OF INFO: 28 NOVEMBER 1962

|. SOURCE: TRAVELING SALESMAN (F)

"APPRAISAL OF CONTENT: '3

- HEADQUARTERS COMMENT: _ . ACCORDING TO TDCS-3/530,589, DATED 6 DECEMBER 1962, AS

OF MID-NOVEMBER TWO CUBAN SHIPS LOADED WITH PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT WERE SKBX
"SAID TO BE PREPARED FOR AN INVASION OF HAITI, SOURCE SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE THE
_NAMES OF THE SHIPS AND THEIR DEPARTURE DATE,

_ THE FRUCUBA AND THE FUNDADOR, CUBAN-FLAG VESSELS, WERE DOCKED AT THE ARSENAL

Rocks IN CASABLANCA (HABANA) | IN LATE | NOVEMBER. THESE XEKS VESSELS WERE SCHEDULED
a
10 PARTICIPATE IN AN INVASION 6 OF SOME CARIBBEAN COUNTRY,

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f ‘2s. Gource reports on atvonal or stoc chilling of wor ‘pateriel at Casehlonga, &
ohana District, northeast shore of Bebana 3 Bayy Hebana Province ;

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Venezuela Uncovers Communist Arms’ UCacne-——. a
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The Venezuelan Government —- in a raid on a small
Village near Caracas on 5 January --, uncovered a

large cache of arms and equipment which it claims
belonged to the pro-Castro Armed Forces of National
Liberation, reputed to be emerging as a para-

military arm of the Venezuelan Communist Party,
several tons of explosives and large quantities

of hand bombs, arms, and ammunition were seized ss well
&s a nearby clandestine Communist radio

transmitter. (SECRET NO FOREIGN DISSEM)

SOURCE: TDCS 533,071 (S/NFD); FBIS (0U0); PRESS

|
20 Jan 63 ' DEA Intelligence Bulletin Page 9 7

(REVERSE BLANK)

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12 Feb 63 "All the information avaliable to Ker Majesty's Government
and to the British euthorities in British Gulena indicates that there is
no truth whatever in the contimuing reports thet arms are belng shipped
| to the colony from Cubs. Similar stories have appesred from time to tine
| in the pest, birt upon examination all have been found to be without
foundation.” .

(British Eubssuy in US to Reuters, AP end UPI),

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“SUBJECT PLANS TO. LAND. ARMS, FROM. GUBA.. IN, HONDURAS 7

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THis Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE

counter NICAL wire

"> pate piste. 16 SARUARY 1963 _ yr

DEFINITIVE, APPRAISA OF CONTENT: IS.TENTATIVE,

: A NICARAGUAN. JOURNALIST. (¢) ‘FROM. A Nioansevet Gi \ 4N: : SAN vOsES. FROM is
“CESAR AUGOSTO. MIRLAREAL, CABEZAS im

Se BEL E 7 eae AREA =

1. ON’ 9 UANUARY 1963 CESAR AUGUSTO VILLAREAL caBezis, A NIEARAGUAR
REVOLUTIONARY LIVING IN ‘SAN, Ose, SAID “THAT HE WAS AWAITING. INSTRUC.

$00 RCE

a

St TONS, TO GO TO PUERTO. CORTES, HONDURAS TO RECEIVE A ‘SHIPMENT OF ARMS _
WHICH WILL COME- ‘FROM CUBA on THE "CORK _c", A MERCHANT VESSEL OF. LUNKNOBN

REGISTRY. HE SAID THAT THE: INSTRUCTIONS: TOGO TO PUERTO CORTES: wn
FROM CUBA THROUGH DR. “EMILIO ORTEGA TAPIAS

“2s THE. "CORK. cH WILL: UNLOAD THE ARMS AT: CAYO COCHINO WHERE THEY

“y Wet ‘BE, RECEIVED BY, GRIFFIN, (ENU) WHO LIVES » IN PUERTO CORTES. | ”
. GRIFFIN WILL, DELIVER, “THE, ARMS, To. VILLAREAL, AT. PUERTO. CORTES.
vere Be. THE. ARMS WiLL, BE: TAKEN, FROM. PUERTO. coRTES TO. PUEBLO NUEVO,

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“THE DATE OF ARRIVAL, OF THE "Conk cn 1s UN.

CARLOS’ FONSECA AMADOR, NICARAGUAN COMMUNIST GUERRILLA LEADER

|: IN HONDURAS, HAS RECEIVED ARMS FROM CUBA BY THE SAME: SYSTEM, |
FELD DISsEM: STATE: ARMY, CINCARIB CINCLANT.,

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REPORT NO. ToCs-3/536, 942

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pc: SLE SHIPMENT OF rene FROM CUBA AND |
powam TO WESTERN VENEZUELA.

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bs VEN CO UJELA, MARACAIBO (1 FEBRUARY 1963) os . oe
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THIS 1S 3 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVE:
SURCE 4S MEMBER (C) OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VENEZUELA IN MARACAIBO.
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“EOMMITTSS OF THE PA
OF VENEZUELA) _ IN THE STATE OF ZULIA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PCV ARMS MATTERS ~

SAID RECENTLY THAT THE PAR CA te Is. AWAITING A A SHIPMENT OF

END THAT STATE,
_ ARMS FROM. CUBA AND PANAMA BUT THAT THE EXACT DATE OF ARRIVAL iS STILL

RE KNOWN

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x AROUND LA CONCEPC iON AND” LA PAZ; “TOWNS APPROXIMATELY SOUTHWEST

BND. WEST, RESPECTIVELY» ‘OF MARACAIBO CITY IN THE DISTRICT OF MARACAIBO,

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The British cousul in Santiago de Cubs has informed Washington
and the Governor of British Guiene that two alleged US citizens,
Join ALivem Johnson, aged 53, and his wife Margene’. Frances Jotncon,
were leaving Ciba on 3] December on the Cuban vessel, BANTA Dm TARA
destined for deorgetow, Bricish Guiana, On board with then were 17
eotes in thelr

nsme, ingluding two lsree wod erates understood to ba
“viwy gimiler to those recently unloaded from a Soviet Union ship

in Sentiegs de dubs." Tho Britieh congul notes the unlikelihe

L of
US elidaens" leaving Cuba in this manner, and the resulting doubt aa to
their veal ldentities and intentions. (Uritish Porsign Office te
Washington, No. S759, 31 Decetber, 1962 (SuoREr))

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‘ COUNTRY. Cuba/British cutene. 7 _  REPORT.NO. = 0O= K-3,210,108

~ SUBJECT | Shipment of ; Weapons to. British Guiena DATE DISTR. . @L Feb 62.

. / o _- €D/00 Case = 2 2/08616/65

DATE OF _ Se . , Case -
DATE OF aes a960. oe |  Gase 62 78/rwu/DOM 61/cx.
{PLACE& . wags Dec 1962» .

DATE ACQ._ OT m

. Me This material contains. information affecting the National. Defense of the United States within. the meaning of the Espionage, Laws, Title ee

i U.S.C. Secs: 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to on unevihorized | person is. prohibited by low. _ won

C-O-RAP-I-D-BN-T- eleAcL_.

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THIS 1S UNEVALUATED INFORMATION

"Cuban national, A 12 88% 576, who arrived in the US on 3 Feb 1962.
: Source is an electrical engineer and advisor to undergrour groups in Cuba.

- [This report was developed by an Army representative assigned to the office io
of preparation. ]

x was advised by a Cuban merchant marine officer that the Cuban freighter, 7
“"Bohia ade Nipe" left Cuba for British ‘Guiana on 22 Dec 1961 with a cargo

. shipment of weapons. ‘The. boxes containing this equipment, were stored —

in the bottom of the ship's hold and covered with nattresses and canvas.

a8 cargo of sugar bags win misced on. top of the ‘weapons.

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WILL BE DESIGNATED : EFTO
che Feb 8 ‘edition of LIFE contains story on. Cuba with follexing

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caption under ‘Bhoto of  Ruigedan freighter: - .

But refugecs: aboard’ the ‘sha ploy Lykes said two bts pat out fron

: Mariel | (Cuba) 6 only last: week with holds loiided with weapons: sent by

Castro to British Guiana. UNQUOTE &

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(05 ‘Rec'd: February 7, 1963
. 953. 12:57 PM
FROM: Georgetown - ’

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TO: Secretary of State

NO: 245, February 7, NOON

Reference: Department's 286 February 6.

Neither harbor master nor shipping companies” have. any
knowledge Cuban ships en route Georgetown. Guiana Import-
Export agents for sales rice Cuba, states it is always
notified as soon as rice ships leave Cuba so that necessary
arrangements at RMB wharf can be made, It denies having
received any notice recently. Governor also reports
negative results his inquiries. ; _—
CONGEN has had numerous inquiries AP story mentioned TOUSI
18. Appreciate any clarification (not for release to press)
Department can give. ne

MELBY

TEK/18°

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“FBIS 84 OFFICIAL USE ONLY
" PARIS AFP IN’ ENGLISH TO THE FAR EAST 1965 7 FEB 63 E

- €EXCERPT) GEOR >GETOWN--BRITISH GUIANA IN 4 STATE OF NEAR PANIC.
TODAY AFTER. NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS PUT OUT A

WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER REPORT THAT CUBA WAS SENDING TWO SHIPS

FULL OF SOVIET ARMS/TO THIS COUNTRY. PREMIER CHEDDI JAGAN CALLED

THE REPORT FROM THE WASHINGTON EVENING STAR FANTASTIC AND UNFOUNDED.

<A SPOKESMAN IN THE. HOME AFFAIRS. MINISTRY SAID. THE: GOVERNMENT

- EXPECTED NO" ARMS, FROM THE. SOVIET. UNTON OR CUBA.

“7 FEB 749? FG/OP | Co N. rn ee

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pra as-basis Evening Star article. Unlikely any responsible US official
NSA ~ confirm: ‘story as O'Leary alleged in article. x

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no information but are making inquiries.

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COUNTRY: British Guiana/Cuba REPORT NO. © OO— B--3, 247, 34d q
, . a as
. 11 Jan 63 rari oF 4

SUBJECT = dagan'’s Political-Rconomie Viewpoints
; propriation of Foreign Proverties Lin
to Foreign Aid/Futility of Jagants 5-

Plan/Psoples Progressive Party Infiltration

t
of United Front, Arus. Saugeling irom Cuba fw REFERENCES i
Filariasis Diseas@ Conon in Gui Fala ; i
DATE OF Country. ; : . i
INFO. Taru Oct 62 (
PLACE & - ‘
DATEACQ. British Guiane/Taen Ort 62

THIS is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION *

OURCE: “US national, executive in a US aluainua company 4

' Source bas frequently treveled to and within British Guiena in connection |
» wita geologicel surveys for his company. He nes known dagen for about
| wine years, aud on ais latest trip ned several conversations with Jagan.

" On tue basis of any conversations wita Chedid Jagan (isostly concerning
‘possible iavestiuents by wy coucany in Britisa Guiana), I an convinced
tnat he is not « Communist. Ia fact, dagen oes not know what re is.
He is siuply Looking for anytulug uew thas il bels to pull up ais.
people quickly. In this context be sees Soviet and Chinese Communisn
as the two principal Twentieth Century econouic experiuents ~-/ eat as

/

~ Se0n0uie experiments be is willing to try then.

. to talking with ue, Jegan has wade clear that he is not a “Castro Type.” .

‘He wants hélp from anybody. Tie one thing ict might in the futare
seriously winder nis getting econoxte aid fron the USSR is that he

. Gevands that aid be without strings.

dagan would hesitate to do anysoing (such as confiscating foreign pro-
perties in an ettampt to inereese revennes ) which would ofiend the US
or the UN for fear of ruining any fubare chances of obtaining US or UN
aid. Jagan is of course quite conscious that se is still under tas UK
_and that it is therefore wmiconstitutiorsl for aim to expropriate anything.
After British Guiana achieves independence, Ilan confident Jagan would
not expropriate. anything if he is getting aid trom the US or the UN --
_, that is, until the money is spent. If at any point (after independence )
, Jagan is receiving no such aid and DAS no prospects of receiving suca
-aid, then anything could happen. I would, however, temper this sowewhat
uepressing estimate of Jagan by commenting thet in 1953 when he entered
_ office, ne was something of a wild-syed fanatic without direetion, ;
Since then he has matured considerably, © 2) - eat

' Bota Jagan and ais Trade Miaister » Frank Hibbard, nave told we that

The PPP capability for increasing the industrial wealth of Britisna

“Guiana is hopeless. Jagan indiserluinately wants dil kinds of factories.

His “Five Year Plan" is no.plan at all. fa his eagerness to do souething (\y .

. for British Guiana, dagan thinks he ought’ to build any kind of factory \ °

~ that the country does not have. Whenever he thinks of something, he \
just tells a subordinate to add it to ‘tne Plan. But there is no one in NN

the Jagan government who has done or can do the marketing reeeareh, etc., \ .

.whish 1s necessary for any such investment. Oy

f Excluded from automatic
downgrading and“
- Coclassifcation

GROUP f } ry

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§.- In the last elections Jagan ordered some of his (Indian) Peoples
Oh Progressive Party (PPP) supporters to join the United Front Party
< (uP) in order to impress the world in general and the US in particular
iz _ 4 + democracy in British Guiana was working. By virtue of the fact |
thet the UFP mewbership was “growing,” it was “obvious” that Jagan
was not a dictator. I was told this by two Indian Gulanese who were

working for Jagan.

oy

I vas in British Guiana for about 12 months on my latest trip.
Since much of this time was devoted to geological surveying in the
hinterland, I was accompanied by an Indian Guianese doctor. A well-
educated man of the upper-middle class, he told me that armg were
; } being smuggled into the country from Cuba. He aid not go into any

: detail on the subject, but he did mention that his sons, who were ;
is,mewbers of the Progressive Youth Organization (PYO) frequently brought
xms into their home, kept them for a while, and then.disposed of them.
ti The doctor was so much concerned -- and pessimistic -- about the _
» Situation that he emigrated from the country shortly after I departed.

6.

Te. Malaria isnot a factor now. Even well into the interior there. is
Ope than 1 percent incidence. But anywhere away from the coast
filariasis presents a problem. At first I did not believe it when my
Indian Guianese doctor said that mosquito bites incurred in the day- .
-time were harmless but mosquito blies at night would infect with
: f{lariasis. After several months in the back country I believed him.
“The disease seems to affect women more than men, causing women's legs
“to swell. But the disease's affect on men's sexual organs was not
‘exactly encouraging.~ T. never-did understand why, but my doctor said -
“that to be effective in detecting the disease a-blood test must be
~made at night (preferably between 11 p.m. and 1 asta), and analyzed
; “quickly. If filariasis is treated promptly, a man's sexual. prowess
--s,@an be saved.:,.We found’ that the disease is very common throughout
‘the’ country. a era - oe

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.00- K-3,210, 102
DATE DISTR... 21 Feb 62

COUNTRY cuva/Britien 6 Guiana u

"" REPORT.NO.

SUBJECT ~~ Salmment of Weapons % to British Guiana

NO. PAGES One |

, REFERENCES

Ce _ eD/oo case ce 22/05676/¢5
el Dec 1962: oe . os @ 3566 78/Iww/DoM bi/ox
/PLACE & --3 Dec 1962 |

DATE ACQ._

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION a .
source: | Cuban. national, A 12 88% 576, who arrived in the US on 3 Feb 1962.

Source. is an electrical engineer and advisor, to undergrouril groups in Cuba.

a [This report was: Aeveloped by. an Arny representative assigned to the office
on - of preparation.} . -

x was advised by a Cuban merchant marine officer that the Cuban freighter,
De "Bohia de Ripe" left Cuba for British Guiena on 22 Dec 1961 witha cargo.

shiment of weelpons. The boxes containing this equipment were stored . - a

in the bottom of the ship’ s hold and. covered with mattresses and canvas. .

io . A cargo of. sugar > bage ‘wes placed on. : top of ‘the. weapons. _

ile as

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genteel Stan” Radio cransttting Station, 7 50 donuary 1962”
| Sancho Boyeras Aaports Habana. Proviso, (2° 4
bof.

we ‘120 Sasary 1962 ~ Sons
“Rancho Boyares, Jan 6 tas

a8 BE6/3ToSR oe EE ee
Ze Subsiource sorerts ahat the &

vernaent of Cubs had planned to ineuarete a
Genin padie tranemitting station ob
Fated

in & the Rancho Boyeres Airport, south ef
ona Clg, on the 19t ta or 20th of damary 19 See =

news 26 Tho puspoze off the station waa to be concanieation betweon cubs cad
geclzalpes, Horetarasy ¢ os the 9677. Sreinsneye

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NO FOREIGN DISSEM
COUNTRY .: Dominican Republic/Cuba , REPORT NO. CS.3/535, 788
“SUBJECT... Clandestine Radio Receiving DATE DISTR. 1 February 1963
oe Station in Santo Domingo . ;
a NO. PAGES 1
‘ REFERENCES RD

DATE OF © 22 January 1963
_ INFO.

PLACE & Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
DATE ACQ. 22 January 1963 | FIELD REPORT NO. HDC-~553
THIS 18 UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT iS TENTATIVE,

-_ SOURCE: Foreign businessman (B) with good contacts in Dominican

political circles. Appraisal of Content: 3.

One of.the under-cover receiving stations for radio messages
from Habana is believed to be in a house at Calle .Espaillat 56:

repair shop there.

"Headquarters Comment. Johnson (fnu} is probably identifiable -
with the Johnson (fnu) reported by another source as a Com-
munist member of the. Agrupacion.Politica.Catorce de Junio.
{APCJ - 14th of June Political Group). See CS~3/511,814,.of
24 May 1962. Also see CS-3/528,287, of 14 November 1962, from
an official British service, which reports -on a clandestine
group of pro-Castro Dominicans who are in radio contact with
‘Habana from a repair shop in Santo Domingo...

The house is occupied by Johnson (fnu), who has an electrician' s

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VIA gtetion in Rio de Janeiro hes repor
may be mide to put pressure on President Gowlart te wieliély take some
Rote of the Cuban intervention in Brasil's internal affairs, allegedly

shown by sone 16 pages of Spanish-language documents found in the

Verig plane exach which carried a Guben delegation to thetr deaths da
Novauber. The docun

ante are conaidered by o Brazilian gouree who nade
then available to the CIA wtetion to be “explosive, since they prove .

the Cubans are eponsoring reveluvion in Brazil." Parepbrassa of those
domuments have apped
President Gouls

ed in thé Lime preas) but i4 46. unt

ely that
et wil. give ony support to publigiizing then. (cra,
Rio de Janeiro, IN 43586, @ January, SECRET MOYORN)

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DATE OF
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DATE ACG.

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

‘his material contains informstion affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title

Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.

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Pacaguay/Cuba REPORT NO. CS -3/536.454
Paraguayan Travelers to and DATE DISTR. 7 February 1963
‘From Cuba | ;

NO. PAGES 2

REFERENCES RD

December 1962 - 20 January 1963
Paraguay, Asuncion
(24 January: 1963) FIELD REPORT NO. HYA-833
THIS iS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.

SOURCE

web a eet shonin ee een a one ek ews

oe Ge

on

Paraguayan security officer (B) from a member of She Paraguaya7

Communist Party (C). Appraisal _of Content: 2,

On about 20 January 1963 Cantero, a leader of the Partide
Comunista Paraguayo (PCP ~ Paraguayan Communist Parity) in
Paraguay,1 met with five rural leaders of the PCP from ;
areas of Villarrica, Concepcion, Piribebuy, Tebycuarymi, an
Guarambare. These leaders received political instructic
from the PCP for their trip to Cuba, where they will receive
military and political training in rural organizaticn.

Lopez (fnu)2 is the leader from Piribebuy, and Ignacio Accasta3
is the leader from Tebycuarymi.

Federico Tatter, a retired ensign in the Paraguayan Navy.
eniered Paraguay from Cuba in the firs: half of December to-
assume military direction of the Frente Unido de Liberacian
Nacional (FULNA « United Front for Natienal Liberation).

Anibal Garcete4.a% ceturned to Paraguay. from Cuba tc organize
| the sugar-cane workers. Garcete is a PCP member masquerading
“as a member of the Colorado Party.

i. Field Comment. Cantero is the PCP pseudonym of a persona
whose True name is unknown.

Source Comments

“4, Lopez was born about 1937.

3. Acosta is a cousin of Wigberto Acosta, a long-time
member of the PCP. ; oO ‘

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. WAS reported in June 1960
ive in the labor dispute in
4e the sugar cane worker's

as mentioned in confidential
jich time he was an officer in
r Cane Workers.

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On 4 Deceuber Brasilien Prestdent Goulars telephoned General Alves,
tera in Rlo de Janeiro and

comender of the Piret Army with headquas
the highest renking extmone leftist 4a the Brastlien amed foreda,’ He
toll Alyes to choowe four or five junior officers of his. abeolute con-
fidenes to escort certain people who were arriving from Cuba vle Bolivia,
Joulart paid the people were coming with “mich auteriel." (OTA, Sao
Paulo, IN 30353, 6 December, SEORER mOROR)

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Hight Doniniean pro-kstro leadera vere shoard the Czech airlines
flight to Guba which transited Shannon Aleport on 14 Decenber, sceording
-to en official Irish service, The Danial wis dneinded Maximo Lopes

Tomas Pansonio Eriekeon, and Gustave Ricert, leadera of the

outlawed Deminiten Populex Movemint (MPD), oné of the moot ective pro-
Commmist groups in the Dowiniean Republic. The eight. Deninioans were
among the ten who vére deported from the Dominican Republic to France
eetiier thi year, Another sourea reported last Novenher that. the Cuban
eabnatador’ in Paris had a meeting with the ten Dosinican deportes to
iistuse helping then travel to Cuba without passports, {CTA Dublia,
"HCH 3/551, 991, 21 Decesber, SECREL/NO FORELGY Disem)

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Promiex Castro is te deliver the closing speech at the Congress
of Women 6f the Americas on 15 damuery tn Havanese. Hevana Radio
ammounéed thet the congress, achedpled to begin 11 Jeouary, will be —
attended by more than 200 delegetes from Latin America, the U. @.,
and Cenada, a8 well as by guects from many other nin-American countries.
akia, North Rores,

Delagations from Communist Ching, Albania, Gzechoslo
ahd North Vietnam arrived in Havana on 9 Jenuery. (FSIS 03 and 51,

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siege ndasions im the U.8.p (2) A report chet

age & sient te the uts)e ena, (8) Repox
ettemst +o Bebotage @ bridge tm Venewucla.

Ls ined be the Meracadbo: secbe te

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#m, éxpart Cuban electrical technician in the Borjite sugar mi1i
has told q former cloke mogociate who 16 now a Fegular clandestine
“souree thet Cubs Le training personnel in the techniquesie? using

plosives price to ending them to the United States on sabotage missions.
Et is. tubended ;

‘waged, aod the dabotage will bé 80 arranged that in acme eases 1% vill.
be teken to be merely aeetdenta, ‘the electrical techadeian addsd that
there 16 5 impge Commniist espionage ring operating with a fing in the
United States serosa the berder, with several plane already wider way.
(CTA ppp I 29527, & December, SEOREY ROTOR) —

. that such persong wih go in the galee ef antiath

gECRE!

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A Yontnicen exita in Cuba repos
about wid-becenber that Dominican
Tominicen Republic to sdbotage the eane fields there. (CIA, Panam
City, IH 46599, 11 January, SECREP NOFORE)

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Commnieta ars Leaving Cube for the.


MING TELEGRAM Department of State

Agehd 82. 6 25 45 CONFIDENTIAL
a - Control: 1171
Action ce Rec'd: NOVEMBER 3, I 1962
RA a | 11:29 P.M,
FROM: CARACAS

Info

Ss TO: Secretary of State

SP “NO: -548, NOVEMBER 3, 9 P.M.

/ SAL |

; ane)

OR NLACT |

Bop. DEPARTMENT PASS CINCARIB, CINCLANT

_ INR core tGN MINISTER FALCON BRICENO INFORMS “ME HE WILL ARRIVE
WASHINGTON SUNDAY NIGHT TO MAKE SPECIAL SPEECH IN OAS/OC
MONDAY RE CUBAN SITUATION UNDERSCORING CUBAN. INSPIRED
SUBVERSION AND SABOTAGE AGAINST VENEZUELA.

HE WILL PRESENT | NTERCEPTED. _CABLE..TO-VENEZUELAN STUDENTS
AND OTHER EVJ-DENCE..WHI-CHHE.HOPES OBTAIN FROM !NTERIOR
MINISTRY HE ASKS -1F DEPARTMENT CAN ROV).DE HIM. ‘SUNDAY

AT VENEZUELAN EMBASSY. WITH..TRANSCRILET
— STATEMENT AFTER. MARACAIBO. S, SABOTAGE. IN WHICH PRESS CLAIMS .

RAUL TOOK CUBAN CREDIT FOR INCIDENT, . en

eae

SUGGEST DEPARTMENT MAKE, THIS AND ALL OTHER USEFUL FBIS
| NTERCEPTS AS WELL OTHER EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO HIM.

_FALCON?S ARRIVAL NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON WILL BE AVAiLABLE
’ VENEZUELAN’ EMBASSY THERE. PLEASE EXTEND COURTESIES.
HE PLANS STAY US ABOUT EIGHT DAYS.

"STEWART
SMD:

NOTE: PASSED TO CINCARIB, CINCLANT i //be.
i MESSRS. MOSKOWITZ, BOVWDLER AND ALLEN (ARA) NOTIFIED
ee «12: i A. Mas 11/4/62 -TEM,

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VENEZUELA

"REPORTNO. TOCS -3/537,176
CONTINUATION OF COMMUNIST TERRORIST DATE DISTR, . 13 FEBRUARY 1963
ACTIVITIES ,
PRECEDENCE PRIORITY
8 ano 12 resruary 1963 - So REFERENCES IN 67419
VENEZUELA, CARACAS (13 FEBRUARY 1963)

2 Hve 2655

FIELD REPORT NO.

PARA 12 FORMER POLICE OFFICIAL (C) WITH CONTACTS IN THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE
NATIONAL GUARDS ‘PARA 2: U.S. BUSINESSMAN (B) WITH EXCELLENT CONTACTS IN THE
VENEZUELAN MILITARY. _ So

. ON THE. "EVENING OF 8 FEB 63 NAT 1 ONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WHO WERE PRO-

. ENTRANCE TO-TUNNEL NUMBER 1. WHO WERE ATTEMPTING, TO DESTROY. TURNPIKE
_ BRIDGE NUMBER" 1. FIRE: WAS EXCHANGED FOR ABOUT THIRTY, MINUTES, BETWEEN:

none oa

a POUNDS OF. DYNAMITE: “WAS FOUND BELOW THE privae. “

2, “TWO CAR LOADS: OF. GUERILLAS ATTACKED THE. WA HYONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS

PENINSULA, AND LAKE MARACA NBO,” STATE OF ZULIA, IN WESTERN VENEZUELA,

ON 12 FEB. ABOUT 198 SHOTS, WERE EXCHANGED BUT ALL THE - QUERILLAS ESCAPED.

7 co aK OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. ;
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aw

Ce-tectine THE CARACAS-LA GUAIRA TURNPIKE SURPRISED A GROUP OF MEN AT THE |

- THE SOLDIERS: AND: THE MEN IN THE TUNNEL AND LATER, A ‘BOK CONTAINING ABOUT 5

“h

oat. DABAJURO, A PIPE LINE OUTPOST BETWEEN AMUAY,, IN THE PARAGUANA et

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(FIELD: COMMENT + TERROR | ST ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN INCREAS ING IN oe

2 penta, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE FUERZAS ARMADAS DE LIBERACION

NAC TONAL (FALN, ARMED. FORCES OF NATIONAL LIBERATION) TOOK TEMPORARY

_- POSSESION | OF. THE OFF ICE OF THE PREFECT IN THE TOWN OF SAN DIEGO DE |
LOS ALTOS, ABOUT. 26 MILES FROM CARACAS, ON 4 FEB. THEY TIED UP THE
POLICEMEN: ON: GUARD, STOLE A FEW RIFLES, AND PAINTED. THE WALLS WITH ANTI=

. GOVERNMENT, SLOGANS. ‘ON 5 FEB AN ATTACK WAS MADE ON THE HOME OF COLONEL — |
JOSE. ANTONIO. GONZALEZ, “COMMANDER OF THE. ‘MILITARY TRIBUNAL, LOCATED .
iN A WELL-TO- “DO RESIDENTIAL AREA OF CARACAS. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY MNoTHER
“ATTACK ON 12 FEB WHICH RESULTED IN THE GOVERNMENT ESTABL1SHING ROAD |
‘Clocks: AND SENDING. TROOPS “AND POLICE INTO THE AREA, ON THE

-- MORNING OF 3 FEB. AN ARMED ATTACK WAS MADE ON THE AMERICAN (PORTION -
GARBLED WILL Fwo) “WHERE. OFFICES WERE SET ON. FIRE ‘AND “EQUI PMENT DESTROYED pe!

— AND ON THE NIGHT OF 9 FEB. ‘SEARS WAREHOUSE IN ANTIMANO WAS COMPLETELY
DESTROYED BY ‘MEMBERS OF THE ALN, THREE BRIOGES ON THE -PAN AMERICAN

| HIGHWAY, BARQUISIMETO AREA, STATE OF LARA, WERE ‘DAMAGED BY BOMBS... a
ON 12 FEB: AND AN ATTEMPT, WAS MADE ON: THAT DAY To BLOW UP A CREORE® GE. LINE, |

IN CATIA LA. MAG, FEDERAL DISTRICT, BUT ONLY ONE SMALL BOMB EXPLORED.
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Extremist And Police Activities In Venezuela

“-Venezuelaihas been afflicted over the past several

_months with a rash of Castro-Communist terrorist actions.
“Many incidents, involving shootings and robberies, are:
connected with the Movement of the Revolutionary Left, 4 -
‘the Venezuelan Communist Party, and the Armed Forces ,”..
“of National Liberation -- the Castro-Communist group
-eredited with the destruction at the Maracaibo oil ,
fields during the Cuban crisis. These activities are
“probably designed to discredit and weaken the Betan-~-
“court Government.

The police have demonstrated considerable proficiency

-in preventing major outbreaks and in acting rapidly

to arrest terrorists. They have rounded up extremists
“responsible for the holdup and looting of a printing ..-
: supply warehouse and the burning of the Dupont paint
warehouse and have captured the Communist leader of.
guerrilla bands operating in: the Falcon area of .
“northwestern Venezuela. °°) 0 7S
(CONFIDENTIAL) 2 vee mennesiees

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Tnformetion on the Communist apparatus for Letin America and ite

relationship with Cuba and the Sino Soviet Bloc de lergely derived from
highly classified intelligence which is provided separately, From the
reports tonteined in thie section, it may be ceneluded that the organine-
tional Links vary fyom country to country depending upan,

amine other
factors, the legel atatus of the Coumuniet party, whether diplometie
fepresentation 16 located in a eaumtry, the relative atrength of Comaundat
alliences with other leftist or opposition parties, and the character of
ourrent goverment leadership in theae countries, Next atteched ie an
uncliuseified report prépered in Orteber for release ug « White Payer.
Although thie paner wae not relensed due to the elacile erisie, it repre-
sents en agreed summary (State, DOD, CIA and USIA) of the Communiot
apperstue in Latin America. The report containd wriefs on Commmies
activities in each of the Latin Auerican sountries,

The reports vary with respect to the country pHiority for Castiro/
Commmist ection in latin America. Braid, Venesuele, ond Britien Guiena
are wontioued most fréquentiy es the Likely priority tergete, There are
also conflidting veperte on the relative independence of Castre fron the

Soviet Union and indicstions thet the publicized Sino Boviet disegreecents |

ae reflected in local Comminiet orgenizetione throughout Letin America.

TAB Suban Relationships and Polistes Toward Latin American

Tals tab eantelne relevant exeerpts from the drart NIB
nov under preparation. (USIB is meeting on this ites and

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SRST PS TT IE Se

the most current egreed positions will be made avaliable
to you in the event there is any dignificent change.) Alec
included et this tab are « number of significant reports

indieating the probable orlentation of Castro/Commmist actions
directed toverd Letin America. ‘The last item at this tab |
aumatizes the vneuccessful armd Ineuraions of 1959 (Panem, |
Wicaragua, and Dominicen Republic), |

TAB 2 Goviet Activities and Conflicts

Thies teb contains a number of items indicating posaible Guban+
Soviet conflicté as reflected in Ietin America, The last two
items reflect the concern attached to the possible establich-
ment of a Soviet fishing port in Cuba,

TAB 3 Situstion in letin America

This tab contains a number of current situation and pertinent
background reports on verious Latin American countries in the |

folleving order: Central America, Panama end Mexico} Bolivia; . ; |

‘

Brazil (4)) Colombias Costa Rica; Ecuador} Heitt; Mexico: Panama s
Peru (4); and Venezuela (3). |

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terial support i¢ being given
oe ‘Chart. @uch dscistance ts

ae 0 Gibe's example,

ae eves ely stated ;

te Rect, however,

pee: in every ven of the ‘19 other Tetin
vegi s beoone a ay etbeattes instrument

state 4 2 fon and eset eup
groups has besa 2a in ve)

; 1 - : effort 4 deupetatic
polities. “institutions in latin , Amaricae

2, Cuban subversion has beaome more subtle Stace 19995 when e Cutan
x "vasion fovees" left Cuba: for abortive | sid “om on the "governments.
ME» gua, and Haiti. ‘Row Cuban _ gubversive efforts generally fall
in three eatagorien:

Be

a. bomimed. at Iatin. Auerics, by Cuban
nH printed meterisl and
awa” agency, ands

given oubvercive groups in

38 Feel 1 Castro announced on O duke 2 1961 that his government would
000 scholarships to "poor students” from other Latin Auerican

acuniy £ Prey axt school tei and LOO scholarships to students from

other i cnerlen of the worlds. Hundreds of young latin Americans have been

4 a. St imation. In addition to whatever foal :

twoining ‘they receive in Subs, miny of them recelve training in | 4tis.
arfere ond other techniques of wevolution,

be Cubon refuges vho have arrived recently in the United Bistes have
tad Le information om the troining programs offered to some of

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@.  Gne refugee, a deserter fron Castro's aruy, reported. from
personel Imoyledge that in late 1961 there were a number of students fron
Kouador, Argentina, Guatemala, end-Braci1 Living is a Her :
iho rogularly abtended Glagses ii Merzisn-leninion, aropag techniques,
and other subjects te prepare them for active yevolublonary roles in their
homelands, He reported that. these mle studeite who were betueen 16 end 20
peers Of age were Gont as part OF theiy training to the Minas éel, Frio
‘ : 2 BKC + During this phase of thele training they
Javigation in the use of emall. erms and hiked to the top of
iuptain, Pleo Ty »» iu. the Sterna, Maestra, the locale of
, warfare against the Batista Aiotetanshp

y_ learned Label

us trading of students from other Iatin American countries
sy Oriente, The trainges receive instruction in

LLitary % villa verfare, subversion, sebotage, propaganda, and

Comaniat ide Ther x ‘efugee da not Imow how many Latdn Americana were

involved, wat beloved the duration of each course was about Sight weeks, after

which another group veplesed the tne that had been training.

3s Mush of the travel of latin American studetite to Cuba for training
end indoctrination ia handled by the Tnatdituto Cubano. de Amistad con los
Pushios (TOAP ~ Cuban Institute for Prtendship. with Peoples).

6; ide is. aise e w&jar talwore point for latin Americans traveling to
aid from the Stao-Sevlet ble, Over 400 Lex wicca returned fron last
July's Coumuniet-dporicored, Youth Festival re Wensine sbourd. @ Soviet padssenser
vessel with the Looeman Cuban delegation. Whey dieenberked in Havens and
stayed. ix Cue tame Works bef re Some (of them began returning to their home

8, b . x Pempining In Cubs. fox dome tine,

a1. Wwowleaste by Giban vedio atatléns madntadn BS
meende. Level at all times, with regular
eg mtries ao well a6 genevel. trangmiesLone
” he general thems of @11 these Drosdeneta is
fn exemple’ Gl id Guekening the “people” of Iatin America to
n Op tu nity for revolutionary action against. the “eorruptcregimes in

se and against "Yankee rialism" which allegedly supports then,

8. There are regular programs beamed by Havens radic to Stesrague,
the ey minLoan n convent Guatema By. wey. | he They ‘

specifi a are apparently dixected end produced with the
mee o exiles trem the countries concerned resident in Guba.

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Be The program to the Dominican Republic, for instance, is annouseed
- a the program of the Dominican Liberation Movement (MLD), and the program
. 38 eptitied Patria Libre. At predent, Radio Havana beams the 20 iante
' Patria Libre program to the Dominican Republic on Thursdays and Saturdays.

dust prier to the progrom, the Radio Havana aniouncer explaiie that the,
atation is meking ite facilities aveileble te the MLD for its program.
There are gomg areat in the Dominican Remiblic where, due to the sbsente
of local redio etations, the Caben broaddasts are the only ones heard.
Lest July, the subversive content. of these broadcasts to the Deminican
Republic led the Dominiean government to protest to the Organization of
Sierieen States.

18. ‘he content of such broadcasts is exemplified in the stated goals
* of #bhé "Volee of Revolutionary Nicaragua," the programa which ie regulerly
beamed by Redio Havane to Wiceragua. On 31 fAuguet thia program celebrated
its first anniversary by repeating ita original statement of its purposes:

"The Volee of Revolutionary Nicaragua hee set iteels the goal

of contributing to pointing ‘owt the real way to Nicarague’s
liberation fvtm tha dominion of Yankes duiperdeldan and the
Somoze tyrenny. Ekections (scheduled for next February to
choose President Semoza's successor) with the Somozes in power,
and under the State Department's economic and political control
of Wicerawue, will be a fares. Without. « & prior revolutionary
overthrow of the Scmoza. tyremiy there can be no free elections
in Wiewragua nor ean a popular govermiont be ¢eteblished. This
progrem will be et the service of the revolutionerien and
egeinet the eleetioneers...The Voice of Revolutionary Nicaragua
will defend the Cuben revolution because it is an important
part of the Letin American people's liberating revolution.”

il. Guban propeganda io also disseminated threugh the offices of

“Pressa Latine, the Cuban-eubsidiaed international ew agency” whith

has close wor! working relation with TASS, the New China News Agency, ad other
propagands medie for the Gino-Seviet bloc.

32. Cuban printed material ia ctrevlated throug the herve;
Che Guevara's book on guerrille warfare has received wide distribution.
Periodically, the Mexican government, most recently last August, hag been
obliged to confiscate large quantities of propangtinda meterials from Latin
Americans paseing through that country enroute from Cuba te their homelanda.

igs Cuben covert aupport. for Cemmmmdst or pro-Cotmuniet groupes in
other Latin American seuntries is provided in a muubér of ways. In the five
Latin American countries where Ciben diploemitic migaions are still resident
(Mexica, Brazil, Uruguey, Chile, and Bolivia), these misaions have often
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frequent eseietance to extlee from Guateskia, Nlearagua, and other Central
Amerieean countries living in Mexieo. In. other instences, assistance is
provided through travelers coming from Cube end through Prenga Letina —
represeutetives.

o

i4. The assievance is voudbly finenciel. ‘The Cuban’ appear to have
been eareful einee 1959 to avoid being caught in a bletent act of subversion
pe used to justify concerted inter-Awericén action. inancial
sesiatance is often dust ag useful aml much lege rieky than actual weapons
deliveries. In « number of Anerican countries, emel), arms end other weapons
eré available for @ price. Unserupulous or cirelegs arms dealers in thé US
heve also eontributed to the arma traffic from which pro-Castre groups have
benefitted, directly or indirectly.

. 25. Aa the following country-by-country rundowa indicates, Cuban support
for subversive activity hes affected in varying degrees every one of the 19
other Let dn Amer isan countrtes.

a. Apgentinat Ernesto "Che" Guevara, en Argentine by birth,
han vetalnedlite deep Interest in Argentina's political affairs. On 25 May,
the Argentine national holiday, he eddreased the group of Argentine citizens
vesident iu Cuba and told them thet he hoped that next year they would be
eélebreting in Argentine under “the flag ef gocielign." At enother point
in. this address he gaid: “Our revolution is one which needs to expand ite
ideas...and other people sre helping us. Let the other peoples of the hemisphere
get engry and take up arms or seize power and ald us am this task which is
the teek of the satire hemlephers and of hunenity.”

the éxgentine comamity in Cuba isst. April organized the

"Cubsn-Argentine Friendship Ingtitute” with headquarters in Ravens. One
of the leaders is dahn Williem Cooke, who was for 4 time chief of former
Argentine dictator Peron's political machine in Argentina. Cecke continues
active in that faction of the Peronista party which seeks concerted action
with the Argentine Commuiets. Cooke malataing regular contact with sympathizers
inside and outside Argentina through travelers and through his wife,
Alieia Eguren de Cooke, a résident of Montevideo, Uruguay, who apparently
has resular meine of eomunieation with individuals in Argentina. Argentine
eitizsens bave been recruited through this channel to go to Cube for tr ;
There are also strong indiestions that terrorist activities by Argentine
Peronists aml Commniets havé been eneouraged end perhaps eusieted through.
this channel.

Fria Prior to the diplomatic break between Argentina and Cuba -
iast February, the Guban exbassy in Buenos Alves provided financial esaietence
te antl «government groupe there. An’ Argentine jownalist whe hee contacts in
the Commmniat party there reported lest Decexber, for inetence, thet the
Argentine Commuist party had reeelved the sum of 50,000 pesos from the
Cuban exbasuy as & contribution to the railway workers whe were then on
Strike in the provines of Cordoba.

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Though the @uben embassy is no donger in Buenos Aires, Cuban
clandestine assistence to Argentine Peronist-Commmist groups continues, On
19 July of this year the federal police in Buenos Adres reported the un-
earthing of 4 center of Commniat and Peronlet eetivities in the capital,

Two Buenos Aires policeman were shot and killed at a surburben warehouse in
June. Tnveatigetionus revealed that a quantity of explosives snd propapanda
were stored in the warehouse. The trail led to the arrest of ona Jose
Maria Aponte, a journalist and known Peronist activist, and oue Mario
Magsl, owner of the firm which owed the warehouse. It wes revealed that
Masei hed been maintaining contact. with Cuban Commusists, with John Williem
Cooke, and with an unidentified women agseciated with the Cuban exbassy in
Uruguay who was probably Alicia Bguren de Cooke referred to above. According
to the Argentine police investigation, some 150 Argentine citigens had been
sent from Argentina to Cuba (through Uruguay and Mexico) for training in
guerrills warfare. On their rebun to Argentina, these men were to be used
-in planned activities in the provinces of Farmosa, Tucuman, Salte, and the
wooded Gress of eastern Argentina. A number of other individuals were appre-
hended by the Argentine police in connection with the subversive activity
revealed in these investigations.

be Bolivia: Bolivia has been the recipient of special Cuben
attentions. The number of Bolivians receiving "seholarships" in Cube this
year--between 130 and 150-- appesra dispropertionately high. Tha Bolivian
government felt obliged to véguest the departure of Cuban Ambassador Tabares
in 1960 and of Cuban Charge Gerela Trians in 1961 for blatent iatervention,
in internal Bolivian affairva, ingluding support for Bolivien Comimiste and
attempts to incite extreme leftist members of the governing BNR party to leava
the party. In June 1961, the Bolivisn government published e series of
dccumente linking the Cuban exbassy with a Commmist conapiracy to seize
control of the government. One of these documents, a ateatewent by en arrested
Bolivian egitater who had been in close comtact with the Cuban exbassy,
gave the nemes of a number of Bolivians whe hed received financial support
from the Cuban embassy. This evidence vas used to justify the request for
the Cuban charge‘e recall.

The present. Cuban charge in Bolivia, Ramon Aja, hes also been
active though perhaps a bit more discreet than hie predeaeasors. He has
been particularly energette in cultiveting relations with Bolivlen campesines.
The peasant union in the Clize Valley of Bolivia has been reported te be the
recipient. of Cuban financial assistance.

e. Brazii: During the pasttwo years the Castro regime hes
developed increasingly close ties with Frencieco Julise, self-proclaimed
Marxist and leader of the Peegent Leagues in the troubled northeast region
of Brazil. Juliao, whose wife and children are resident in Cube, has
traveled there on several ctcasions; and a number of his esscetetes and rank «
and-file members of the Leagues have gone ta Cube for agricultural
training which i@ undoubtedly heavily lerded with ideological indoctrination.
Transportation direct from northeast Brazil to Cubs. has been provided by
Bubana airlines on at least one occasion. Cireumatantial evidence strongly
suggests thet Juliso has received financiel asaistence for his movement from
the Cuban government. Bracilian Commmist leaders heve privately stated, in

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feet, that Juliao's Peasant Leagues have received not only money but alao

shipments of emall arms from Cube. ‘hese Brazilian Communist leaders also
said thet the reason Juliano sent bis family to Cuba was his fear that they
might be endengered in the civil war he expecta to erupt shortly in Brasil:

The Cuban government has also during the pest year cultivated
particularly close relations with leaders of the disaident Commmist Party
of Brezii (CPB). One of the CPB leaders who heé visited Cubs lest May
told a friend of a long converestion he hed had with Fidel Castro in late
Mey.. Cactro expressed identity of feeling with the dissident Brazdiien
Communists end criticized the regular Commmist party for its failure "to
take a strong revolutionary line" in accordance with the decision of the
22nd party congress of the Costmnist party of the Soviet Union. Castre
approved the insurrectionary policy of the CPB and urged the leadsrs to
organize guerrills activities and start the revolutionary movement in Brazil
“as soon 68 possible." Castro advised them that government reprisals against
revolutionary action in Brazil would serve only :to increase populer dis-
content in Brezii and swell the ranks of the revolutionaries. He advised

CPB leaders to give special emphasie to securing agvwide a base a8 possible — ~

enong agricultural workers and the inhabitants of rurel ereas.
The Cuban enbussy in Rio de Jenetro, like Cuban embassies

elsewhere in Latin
pro~Commmist elements. Last May leaks to the Brazilian press reported dis=
cussions in the Brasilien cabinet on the subversive activities being directed
by Cuben enbessador Joagiin Hernandez Armas. The Navy and Army Ministers are
reported te have expressed particular concern over Hernandes' setivities.

d. Chilé: Senator Salvador Allende, leader of Chile's
Commmist~dominated populer front and a leading presidential aspirant, hes.
made at least two trips to Cubs.

The Cuban exbessy in Santiago is the source of propaganda
support fer pro-Commamiet groups, mostiy these aseceiated with Allende, who
are intent on coming to power in Chile through elections or revolution.

Orlende Prendes, cultural attache of the Cuban eubagsy, is known te be supers... -:

vising the printing of Cuban propaganda on a clandestine printing press in
the home of Julie Bocenegra, who alse prints propagenda for the Chiiean
Communist party. This activity has been going on for some time. As long
ago as Aggust, 1961, Chileen officials investigating political agitation
énd resulting unrest in the Salamanca area learned that after a visit to the
area by a Cuban diplomat thé previous month, pro«Cuben propaganda was being
distrivuted in the araa, and Commmists and pro-Commnists there vere soying
“The mountains of Selemanca are going to be the Chilean Sterra Maestra."

__ Last March, when Cuban Minigter of Education Armando Hart
went to Chile for en international conference he took with him several sacks
of prepagands.

_ @+ Colombia: The United Front for Revolutionary Action (FUAR),
ergenized early this year by Colonbian extremists, ig believed to have
received financial assistance from Cuba to promote its objective of ereating
® guerrilla movement aimed at the overthrow of the government. A Coloubien

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America, has been a source of assistante to Commnist and


citizen who has contacta among PUAR menbere reported last June that Fidel

“Castro bad just given the group $15,000 and promised further financial

aid semi-annually. Gloria Gaitan de Valencia, the wife of a FUAR leader
and the deughter of the Colombian leader Gaitan whose assassination in
19h8 sparked the digaatrous Bogota rioting, 1s a long-time personal friend
of Fidel Castvo. He hes vieited Cuba frequently end probably returns to -
Colombia with specific advice snd assletance from the Cuben government.
The FUAR has aueceeded in drawing menbers from the extremist wing of the
regular Colenbien Commmist party who are dissetiefied with that party's
reluctance to engage in ipen yevolutionary action.

%. Costa Ricat The small Costa Ricen Comumist party, the
Popular Vanguard party (PVP), is charged by the Cuban government with the.
selection of young men to be traivéd di Guba. Riboberte Carmons and Jose
Murille, PVP menbers, left Costa Rica lest June for tilinine under this
program, end PYP leaders had plans for organizing guerrilla treining prograns
in Costa Ries under the direction of the Costa Ricans who had received training
in Cuba. os

; &- The Dominican Republic: The provisional Council of State,
which is preparing the country for ifs firet free elections this Decexber
in more than 30 years, has been a major target for Cuben aubversion. A
eadre of Dominican Communists. is headquartered in Cuba, end elandestine con-
tect is probably mainteined with sympathizers ineide the Donindcan Republic.
Broadcasts to the Bowiuiean Republic from Cuba have helped incite the
frequent riote in Bante Domingo. The feet that broadcasts from Cuba have on
occasion réferred to very recent events in the Dominican Republic strongly
suggests the presence of clandestine rddio contacts between the tvo courxtries.

h. Ecusdor: ‘The Commnist party of Eeusdor has formed the
nucleus of 4 smell guerrilla organization. This greup was drewn largely from

| the pro-Castre Revolutionary Union of Heuaderean Youth (URJE), which was

involved in a two-day battle with government forces lest April. ‘the leader
ef the April affair, a6 well es several other Ecuadereand involved ia sub
versive activities, haa received guerrilla training in Cuba. A URJE leader
told a friend last June that this organization hag eo far in 1962 recaived
$22,000 in financial ald from the Cuban government.

Memel Araujo Hidalgo, pro-Comimunist former Beusdorean Minister
of Interior who has visited Cuba and who recently traveled in Commnist .
China, appearé to be working with the URJE. He is reported to have received

& considerable amount of money from the Cuban govermment for his efforts,

according te a private statement by the URJE Leader.

_ 4. El Saivador: On 1 Merch 1961, the Salvadoren government
broke relations with the Castro regime after it hed received evidence of _
conversation between the Cuban ¢harge, Roberto Lessalle, and leading Salvadoran
Commaniste in which Leséele urged inereased revolutionary activity.

_§+ Guatemala: On 5 March 1962, a Cuben arrived in Mexico with a
message for a leader then in Mexico of the Guatemalan Cormuni at -infinenced

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13 Novenber group, which hed recently engaged in querrilia aebivity. in
Guetemala. The Cuban gave hin $4,000 which be said was the first instell-
ment of a total of $10,000 to be used to establish a new guerrilia front

in Guatembla. On 8 March, Castro’s emiasary geve the Guetemalens the balanne
ef the $10,000 and told one of the 13 Novenber leaders that the decision ta
provide then with the money was taken by Fidel Castro personally. Castro,

he eadd, had sent inetructions thet the group did not have to account, for how
the money was spent, thet no strings were ettached, and that he hopes they
ere successful so he can provide them with additional, assistance.. Leter the
Cuban exiseary met with Leaders in Mexico of the orthedox Guatemalen
Communist party. These Guatemalan Commniste hed apparently complained that
the Cuban money wae not. going te them. They wore told that. Castre wanted

the money te go to the 19 November group because this group hed demonstrated
ite capacity to fight the Guatemalan government, © eepacity which the
Guatemalan Commuiists had not shown. The Cuben sada: "It is not a matter
of atéeding arcund with Arab fatelien waiting for events to take place---

Ve should act efficiently gc as to precipitate the death of imporlalim.
Because of this we are ready to help anyone vho may decide te struggle against
imperialisn anywhere.”

Cuban propaganda medio have sought through publicising the
activities of the 13 Hoverber group to increase its prestige and chances for
success: A Prenga Latina reporter published an alleged interview with
13 Hoverber Leader Yon Sosa.

k. Helti: A cadre of Haitian Comamists led by Rene Depestre is
resident in Cuba, am end many thousands of Haitian citizens living in eastern
Cuba are now being subjected to Comamict regimentation and indectrination.

3. Hondwrag: Prior to the breek in Cuben-Honduraa diplomatic
yélations in April 1961, Cuben personnel under the cover of consuler and
aiplomatic offices engaged in proselyting in the north coast region of
Honduras: Hondyreas now is the target of a gartiowlarly vicious regular radio
program beamed especially to Hondurad by Reto Havana, Many Hondurens are

4n Cuba under the - "atholarghiy” program.

it Mext ot The Cuban embassy in Mexteo City, the consulate in
Merida, end the "(iban-Mexican Cultural Center” in Merida have ell g¢ —
engaged in propeganda activities designed te snecurege the pro~commist cause
in Mexteo, perticularly the Commnict-infiwuenced Natiogal Liheration Move«
ent (neta). Former Cuban avbagsador in Mexioo Portucnde im reported by people
in close comtact with MLN tesders to have concluded an agreement whereby
fone of the money sent by Havana te cover the expense of the embassy is ear-
parked as a contribution to the MLN. Mexieon officials were disturbed et the
participation of Cuban exbessy officiala in inciting the anti-US demon-
@brations by Mexican students in July and August 1960. Mexican euthoritics
heve periodically impoundsd quantities of Cuban propaganda being sent through
Mexico to other Latin American countries. The moet important aspect. of
Mexico in Cubon propaganda and subversive operations in Latin Aweriea le ite
use by the Cubans ap a ‘way station or jumping off place between Cuba iteeir
and the reat of Latin Americé.

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ne Nicaragua: A esdre of Wiecaraguen Commmiste 1s based in

Cuba. Contect between them and pro-Castro Micaragudns in Niearagua and in
exile in other countries of the Caribbean area is matwtetned at leaat on a
sporadic basis. A matber of Nicaraguans perlodically have traveled to Cuba,
and some have received training there in guexrille teetics. Reliable reports
indicate that some of these Cuba-treained Micaraguana have been among the
small guerrilla tands that have infiltrated Nicaragua acroas the largely un-
guarded Hondruen border: The Elearaguan government is the target of a
regularly broadcast Radio Havana program to Nicaragua which is announced as
the program of “free Nicaraguan."

©. Panam: Cuban finaneial assistante is believed to be
channeled to the pro-Commmist National Action Vanguard (VAN) 4n Panama. One
of the VAN leaders, Deputy Thelma King, is o frequent traveler to Cuba and
claims to be a personal friend of Fidel Castro.

; cagusy: Peraguayen exifes in Uruguay and Brezil have
received Cuban financial asgistance. Four nenbers of the United Front fer
National Liberation (FULNA), e Commmist Paraguayan éxile group in Uruguay,
vecelve the equivalent. of $230 monthly each from the Cuben exbassy in
Uruguay to finance clandestine pro-Castro. aetivities in Uruguay, according
to & Paraguayan exile in Uruguay whe ia in close touch with FPULNA.

q “Peru: Abt least eleht Peruvians traveled to Cuba by wey of
Mexico last June to receive training and indectrination in that country.
Other Peruvian Commmists or pré-Commmiats have long been in Cuba and a
regularly broedeast Redio Havana program te beamed to Peru.

z. Uruguay: The Cuban exbassy in Montevideo hag been. engaged
in promoting pro-Castro propaganda. In January 1961 the Uruguayan govern-
ment was obliged te declare the Cuben ambassader persona non grata for
intervening in intermal Uruguayen affairs.

; 8 Venezuela: The Castro regime hag been extremely vitriolic
in its propaganda blests agsinst the Betaneourt administration in Venezuela.
Cuban assistance has been channeled to members of the militant oppesition
Leftist Revolutionary Movement (MIR), which 16 attempting to develop a
guerrilla movement in Venezuela with the eid of tts ally, the regular Vene-
guelan Commmist party. While there is Little evidence to indicate direct
Cuban involvement in this Communist effort, a significant number of the lead-
ing figures involved, including Fabricio Ojeda, ara kuowa to heve traveled

to Cube, where they provebly received financial and other assistance in
addition to official encouragement and propaganda support for their activities,

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EXCERPT FROM DRAFT NIE 85-63, 4 FEBRUARY 1963

Policies Toward Latin America

42, Here Castro has more capability for independent
action than in any other fleld except the internal politica of Cuba,
Gastre is deeply committed to a policy of armed insurrection

throughout Latin America. Because of his own experience he has

"a deep-seated belief that only through insurrection can revolution

be promoted in Latin America. Further, he apparently believes that
@ successful revolution in another Latin American country would give
great impetus to the revolutionary movement and would also conseli-
date his own regime in Cuba. In trying te foment insurrections, he
apparently does not believe it crucial that he cannot now give direct
military assistance to them, nor does he seer te consider it impor -
tant whether he has or has not Soviet support. Fo# the Soviets,
however, such an inflexible approach smacks of the Chinese position
and causes great problems in dealing with other Latin American
Communists. Most important, however, it is probable that the
Soviets believe such a posture will damage Soviet prospects for
penetration of Latin America and inevitably bring about a confronta-

ton with the US.

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EXCERPT FROM DRAFT NIE 85-63, 4 FEBRUARY 1963
16. Cuban overseas military capabilities remain severely

limited by lack of the requisite air or sea lift. The Cubans could
probably not undertake an overseas operation on a seale larger than
one battalion. For political ag well as military reasons, the Castro
regime is most unlikely to undertake military operations of this nature.
It would prefer to concentrate on rendering clandestine support te

local insurgents.

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- SEURET

EXCERPT FROM DRAFT NIB 85-63, 4 FEBRUARY 1963

3L. The decline of bie prestige has at least for the moment
reduced Castro's capability for subverting popular groups and

moving thera inte action against their own governments and

against US interests., Local fidelistas have encountered greater difficulty
in mobilizing mass support for anti-government strikes and demonstrations

on other than local fasuea.

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‘SecREL

EXCERPT FROM DRAFT NIE 8563, 4 FEBRUARY 1963

32. Nonetheless, Castro contiques his appeal fer vevolution in

Latin America on the Guban model. Those Latin Americans who are
cormmiltted to violent revolution continue to look to Castro for help,
particularly from his training program in Cuba and hie large-scale
dissemination of printed and broadeast propaganda. Communi st

agitators are concentrating their efforts increasingly in rural areas,

as they have done in Peru recently, In addition, there has been an
increase in sabotage and other violence perpetrated by extremists,

of the sort not requiring the participation of large popular groups, yet
designed to provoke drastic countermeasuraa by governments and to
increase popular anti-government sentiment, These widespread

activities have demonstrated that the ability of local Communista to engage
in terrorist and subversive activities and their willingness to accept Cuban
“and Soviet support do not dpend upon Castros prestige or upon their

_

opinion of his doctrines and policies,

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SR Sa a TET EE

Che Guevera's mother, who lives tn Argentina, told a clandestine
roe in mid-December thet during her recent visit to Guba her son

told hex thet Cuban leaders now feel they will heve to rely more ond
mnist penstration in South

more on theiy ovh efforte to promote Con

Ameriea, Guerrillas will be used on o lavgd seale atter they pave

received training in Cuba, Guevara caid, Be explained to bie mother thet
thic te necessary since both he and Castro feel. Khrushchev “let them

_ Gown" end hes mo further interest in epreading Comamien in South Anerion.

Guevers addad that he and Castve belleve they and the Chinese ere
better Commmists than Karushchey, (CIA Db/P Buenos Adren, 19 December,

sant)

Comment: This reyort. is consietent with reeent publie speeches by

Guevere which have emplasiged the important role of Guba with redpect

to the “antd-impertelia

% revolution” in Ietin Ameriea, (SHRED)

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CIA Report 21 Dec 62 Rome

Translation of report deted 6 Dec 62 from Italien Embassy Havana to
Foreign Ministry in Rome. "As I noted in my 9 November report is is
difficult for Castro to remain calm. Wherefore the revolutionary regine
will continue with all means at ite disposition to disseminate mbversive
propaganda in the whole continent, a¢ demonstrated by the fact that all the
gtates of Latin Amertea (including Mexies) are tekiug strong measurés
ageinst the dissemination of this propagends. But it is doubtful that
today Castro cen do much wore and snot /soetttubes &@ real menece to the
security of other countries, if only because he lacks the necessary funds,
I tend to share the opinion of the Ambassador to Brasil thet the Cuban
leaders are trying to concentrate all their subversive efforta in one
country, and thet they heve selected Vendsuela for varleus reasons, in-
eluding the old 111 feeling between Castro and Betancourt. E note in
passing thet, ateording to whet was told me by the aforeumtioned

Ambassador, Guring the recent meeting of the OAS the Venesuelan representative

accused the Cubang of promoting the recent ettempte in his country but, when
eeked to furnish proof, he wae uneble te do so.”

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SECREL

A polative of a leading Communist ia Cuba (whe has greviewsly
given reliable alivendée informetion of 4 conte) oxpressed

enmtiries which will masquerade ae “national revolutions” go as to
iigete the actuention of Cuban conplicity, Im fact, however, these
revalutions will be dissected frou Cubs through revolutionaries fron

ed. io Cubs, (CIA po/p IN Léy2r7,

oument: Thin polite wp whet is probably the most effective
mean’ of Cuben subversion in Latin America - the training of hundreds.
ané perhaps thousands ef Latin Americans in Guba, (SECRET)

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fhe recent apate of public addresses ‘by leadive Cubea offietals
on the gubjech. of Jnsurverticr

in other Latin Amerdean countries refieets
& mOre agressive shance than prior te the “missile erisis” ond euguests
that a decision to step up Cuban support for subversive gripe in other
letin dmerless cowtried my be uider discussion within the inner sivele
of Cuban. leaders.

Che Guevara and Ducation Minleter Armano Mart heve been in the
forefront sives late November in publicly expressing the view thet the

wily food to the “Ditberetion” of ‘the Latin Auertean peo,
inmurrection, Fidel

e8 16 the road of

Castro's earlier public line hed been to deny the.
necessity for Cuba to “export” ite revolatlany Ciba te "exem example” was

gugticlent, This line 26 given only perfunctory attention in thé recent

r Guevera and Hert epgachen. ‘The Line aes ing in these epedches anveare

vetedn aivcumstences
tated eoslitions could come to power by peaceful. méans. The
whole toner of the recent speeches suggeats that Cubs intends to provida

every astietence within ite mane te l

attention given in the Cuban press to develomments
weeks strongly duggeste more than acadenle intevest in sevelopuente there.
Canadian Avhasteder Etdd, |

ane) revolution” spparent. in @ 21 November ax
echmented that Cuban leader
ation of the withdrawal

ech by Armando Hert,
6 may be ettenpting to counter “the mumlli+
of the Rusgian misailes" by me

‘Lng senewed aftorta .
te aa revolutionary fires in neighboring countries.” (Conment ont |

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SUPPLEMENT
THE CASTRO THREAT TO LATIN AMERICA . .

Despite diminished prestige, especially among government
leaders, Castro retains great influence over politically
‘unsophisticated Latin Americans. He is also supported by
Western Hemisphere Communist parties and the vast majority
of extreme leftists. Castro's main appeal lies in his claim
to be the leader of a successful revolution against "Yankee
imperialism" and in the support he is ready to provide
subversive activities throughout Latin America. :

The degree to which Cuba is involved in, current
hemisphere unrest is not clear. Antigovernment nationals and
Communists of various Latin American countries, however,
have made frequent visits to Cuba to receive pro-Castro
indoctrination and propaganda. During 1962, 1,000 to l, 500
are believed to have received intensive education ‘and training
in sabotage and ‘guerrilla warfare. Significant representation
has been noted from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,
Bolivia, Paraguay, and Nicaragua. There is no definite
C “ proof that Cuba is now exporting arms to any dissident groups,
. _ but propaganda materials, explosives, and financial. support are
reliably reported to have been furnished.

Cuban leaders have also called with increasing frequency
for cpen rebellion as the "only road" to liberation for the
Americas; they have been especially vociferous since the first
of the year. Leading officials, such as Castro, Blas Roca,
Che Guevara, Carlos Rafael Rodriguez, and Juan Marinello are
among those calling for revolutionary violence. The ,
"Betancourt tyranny" in Venezuela has been designated a
primary target, but Peru and Chile apparently also have high
priority. * The use of the Prensa Latina organization and
the agent network already in existence makes it virtually
sure that Havana will intensify its clandestine activities...

Latin American governments are generally now more alert to
Castro's threat. _ Inadequate security forces and widespread
poverty throughout the area, however, make it almost certain
that Cuban-supported: insurgency will have an.effect out of.
proportion to the number of people involved.

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Cuban Developments

Following Fidel Castro's call for revolution in

Latin America in his 2 January speech, other Cuban
- Che Guevara

speakers are emphasizing the same theme

told a group of Central American delegates in Havana

recently that they must prepare for simultaneous

revolutions in all Central American countries and pointed
to Venezuela and Chile as major targets for revolution.

Long-time Communist leader Blas Roca, on 23 January,

praised Venezuelan Communists for their recent
acts of sabotage and pledged continued Cuban

support for the struggle of the people against the

Betancourt "tyranny." Venezuela has long been a
major Castro-Communist target, and Blas Roca's

remarks imply Cuban support for the present upsurge

of Communist activity there.

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2. Armed incursions.

Me scouer had the Reveluitionary Government of Cuba taken pover
than it lemebed a pregram for exporting ite revolution to other countries
in the Hemisphere, particularly in the Caribbean area. The memories of
the invasions and attempted invasions of Panama, of Nicaragua, and of
the Dominican Republic; following clesely upon one enother in the spring
end summer of 1959 are obill fresh. Support of Cuban officials for
military expeditions againat the Governments of these countries,. although
vehemently denied, has béen esteblighed beyond reasonable doubt. With
thé invasion of the Dominican Republic came the r¢alization among the
American Reptblics thet guternational tensions. in the Caribbean axes,
to which Cube. had significantly contrivuted, hed risen to the extent that
a Meeting of Consultation of Minteters of Foreign Affaire of the American
States was necessary.

The Investigating Committee appointed by the Council of the OAS,
aéting provisiowally aa Orgen of Congvltation under the Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, in the Panama cage in June, 1959 con
cluded “that the Republic of Panania was the victim of an invasion,
organized ebroad, that sailed from « Cuben port and was composed almost
entirely of foreigners". The Committee report stated that the Chairman
of the Committee was able to confimm thet 82 of 84 imprisoned invaders

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were Cubans. Further, the Government af Panema, prior to the departure

of the invasion group from Cuba informed the Cuban Government of reports
about this impending event, invoking the 1928 Hebann Convention on the
Duties and Rights of States dn the Event of Civil Strife. ‘the Cuban
Foreign Minister in turn assured Paneme. thet the Guben Government would
teke the necessary preventive measures.

_ 4% connection with several of the invasions or attempted invasions
of Nicaragua from Covta Riea énd Hondures‘in ume, 1959, end the
individusls organizing them, docunettery and other types of evidence
which came to light demonstrated Cuben officials support in the form of
arn and finencial contributions. .

a Official Cuban complicity in the invasion of the Dominican Remiblic
in the seme mouth was clear. The expedition was organized, trained, ana
equipped in Cuba with the undoubted assistance of Cuban officials. An
officer on eetive duty with the Cuban Revel Army was ode of the expedi-
tion's leaders. The Cuban favy escorted the three landing craft used
by the invading force on thelr voyage to the Dominican Republic.

Even during the Fifth Meeting of Congultation in Santiago, Chile,
® report was reeeived of the invesion of Haiti on August 13, 1959 by a
group of armed men coming from Cuba. The Heitlen Government after the
Santiago meeting expressed ite fears of furth

© daveeion attempts. Fb
charged that the Aygust 13 invasion from Cuba wes @ violation of the

i928 Habana Convention on Duties and Rights of States in the Event of
Givil Strife. The sesistance of Cuban officials, ducluding the Cuban,

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Ambassador to Haiti end his five wilitery attaches, in the attempt to
overthrow the Heitien Goverment was denounced by that Government, he
Cuben Government, though edmitiing that the invasion was leunched in
Cube and all but ene of the participants were Cubans, convendently dis-
avowed the sets of the Cuban citizens involved.

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SECRET

EXCERPT FROM DRAFT NIE 85-63, 4 FEBRUARY 1963

33. There have been indications of disapproval of Gastro«a
policies on the part of those Latin American Communist parties
whith are committed ta a more gradual and legs violent approach to
revolution. Castro has shown himgelf willing te collaborate with any
group, Cormmuniat or not, willing to resort to vielence and in so doing
to clreumvent some of the regular Communist parties. Some of the
latter resent euch tactics and have appealed to the Soviets against
Castro, It seem@ likely that the question of relations with other
Lgntin Aweuticen Communist parties, as well as the question of tactics,
is likely to hamper Communist revolutionary efforts in Latin America

and cause strains in Soviet-Cuban relations.

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EXCERPT FROM DRAFT NIE 65.63, 4 FEBRUARY 1963

49. ... Among much of the revolutionary left, discussion hag
tended to shift to the need for indigenous, nationalist revolutions, and
away frem internationalism and alliance with Moscow-oriented

Communists and fideli atas.

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- REGRET.

Panamanian Comamist Party (POP) leader Riperte Thomas? recent
trip to Cube was evidently am effort to persuade Castro to mupport the
POP rather than the mere activist Panamanion pre-Commnist vate group.
When he returned to Penas on 14 December, Thome reportedly said that
Jorge Turner, who also went to Havens in September and has not returned,
weinet the POP in Cute.
Bowever,. the Cubans claim to heve told VAI lenders they must cooperate

5

aud other VAN lebders are a¢1Ll campadenitp

with the PEP to get. Castro support.
t seems consistentiy to favor the VAN with

jal trips. The Cubens mey distrust the POP's poor
ovganivetion and bélieve VAN charges that the PUP te infiltrated. However,
the VAN da a tether unsteble sroup and the Cubans ave probably trying te

keep on good tems with both, Thomwed oaid be received no militery trading

but wes taugit a Pow things like how to dlememtle a mehine gun.

‘Theumes commented that no pertiqular

group deemed te be tn command.
iu Cuba, resulting In auch dleorder that it was « wonder the revolution

head survived, He believes the ORT ts merely a mechanion,

Mexico would not igaue Thotes o vids, 60 he rétuened to Penama vie

Prague where he talked with Czech Commmist officials and may have

pleaded the POP case against VAN with thee. (CIA Ponema Clty p0s.3/

531,754, 20 Dee, SECRET) —

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Cuban Anniversary Celebrations (See pictures following)

The Cuban Armed Forces parade in Havana yesterday
included infantry, naval, artillery, armor, and air
formations. The most significant display was that
of SA-2 missiles and possible cruise missiles. .
Ground units included 15 companies of the 2d Western
Army, units of the National Militia, and other
infantry onits in a "new parade step" resembling the
goose step. The artillery unit had antitank guns, heavy
artillery, multiple rocket launchers an@ AA artillery.
Three battalions of medium tanks, heavy tanks and
assault guns, along with the surface-to-air and possible
. Cruise missiles made up the final unit of the parade.

The air formations included helicopters, propeller-
type training planes, and MIG-15's, 19's and 21's.

Scviet participation in the parade has not been established,
although Soviets and Czechs may have piloted some of
the aircraft.

Premier Castro's spsech following the parade brought
no surpbrisés aside from its unusual brevity. He
made an effort to indicate Cuban control of the air
defense system, including the SA-2's, and, ina
probable reference to US reconnaissance flights, said
there could be an incident "at any time".
Castro reiterated the five demands he first made
after the announcement that the Soviets would
withdraw offensive missiles from Cuba. He
inciuced his usual anti-US statements and slurs at
President Kennedy and made a low-keyed appeal for
"osity" within the Communist Bloc.] H He called for

ge some

é revolution in Latin America, with special en
Rea

a on Venezuela, and cited Cuba's "historic task

i. _of-serving as an example" for that revolution
“In the USSR, Cuban and Soviet spokesmen lauded Cuban-
Russian friendship and unity, and the Soviet
spokesman, Suslov, pledged that his country would
"never leave Revolutionary Cube alone in distress.

(CONFIDENTIAL)
SOURCE: VARIOUS

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reportedly continues, the threat cof retaliatory action from forces
rallying around deposed Air Force Chief Lemus has apparently
diminished, and the majority of the armed forces still supports
President Ydigoras. The President's intention with regard to:
leftist ex-—President Arevalo, who plans to return and seek the
presidency in next December's elections, is an unsettling factor.
The armed forces universally oppose Arevalo. Some factions want
to replace Ydigoras with a Civilian-military junta and call new
elections before Arevalo becomes eligible to run in March, Should
Arevalo return, the military will probably move to prevent his
candidacy and the coming months may be critical, —

Honduran President Villeda Moraies, although not a strong
leader, is expected to complete his term. The ruling Liberal
Party will probably retain the Presidency in the October elections,
and maneuvering for the nomination has begun. Rodas Alvarado,
President of the Congress and one of the three leading contenders,
has used his position to build up strength, but the armed forces
regard nim as the least desirable and.a developing anti-Rodas
coalition may prevent his nomination. Either of the three leading
candidates would probably follow the present government's policies,
including its relatively soft Communist stand. The Communists,
while not yet a direct threat, are steadily increasing their
influence in the labor field and are exploiting the country's
Gisconraging political, economic, and social conditions.

El salvador, faced with a serious Communist threat about
two years ago, continues to show political and economic progress, .
but there are clouds on the horizon. President Rivera, who
assumed control last summer in a full return to constitutional
government, still has widespread Support and military backing.
The government is moving ahead with its reform program, but
there is some resistance to the proposed new income taxes.
Communist activities have been curbed, but the Communists still
retain a subversive capability particularly among labor anda
student groups. There is concern over the likely election of a
pro-Communist as rector of the university, a center of sub-
version and intrigue.

Costa Rica continues to be one of the most democratic and
politically stable-countries in Latin America but there are
reverberations sf unrest stenming from the deteriorating economic
Situation. The ruling National Liberation Party, which was
returned to power in last year's election in a bitterly contested
but peeceful election, represents the liberal left, although it
inciudes a number of moderates such as President Orlich and some
members of his cabinet. The Communist Party is small ana illegal
bus well organized ana effectively led. It recently instigated
disorders in the banana zone and, while not an immediate threat,
has Long-range potential sheuld economic conditions worsen,

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Penama is relatively quiet. Although Panama has failed to
receive any commitment for 4 Long-sought yenegotiation of the
Canal Zone treaty, continuing talks on areas of disagreement and
some concessions have eased tensions and softened violent anti-US
propaganda. Public emotion may again be aroused, however, py the

recent petition, filed by 4 Communist Lawyer, requesting the Supreme

Court to declare the treaty unconstitutional. President Chiari
has also indicated he expects to press for increased compensation
during the forthcoming talks. On the internal scene, President
Chiari has failed to provide a strong administration. Corruption
continues; the cabinet is @ivided by conflicting loyalties and
ambitions; badly needed reforms have not yet been adopted; and
the chronically depressed economy remains stagnant.

fhe stability which has marked the 30-year dominance of
Mexico's Party of Revolutionary Institutions (PRI) is gradually
peing eroded, Extreme right and left factions of the PRI are
‘yyine for domination. In attempting to placate poth, President
Lopez Mateos has adopted inconsistent and vacillating policies,
‘pleasing neither group. Forces outside the PRI also pose an
increasing threat -- particularly the recently formed Tudependent
Peasant Central (CCI) with which leftist ex-President Cardenas is
associated. The CCI, organized to exploit unrest among the land-
less peasants, may also attempt to challenge the PRI politically.
To undercut the CCI, the government plans to complete the land
distribution program by the end of Lopez Mateos' term late next

year. ithough this may alleviate discontent in the agrarian

sector, yising population and mounting unemployment will continue
to be major problems. ~
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Construction of the fishing port im the Bay of Havana, whose

snnouncement a a Soviet undertaking caused so mich concern last fall,
will be dlreeted by a team of Soviet techuioiens and Cuban engineera
and will start in February ~ eccovding to a Havana radio announcement.
The port ie te be completed by the end of 1963 and is to cost 12 millicn
poses, vhich vill be met by loan from the Seviet Union, te be amortiecd
over 1O yeers, The port ia expected to serve 130 vessela of the Soviet
fishing fleet and from 24 to 30 of the Cuben fleet, It will have
installations euch as freezer plants for 10,000 toms of fish, factories.
for processing ses products, machinery for making no lees than 56 tons
of ice a day, a floating deck to repair ships of up to 2,500 tons, and
well-equipped repair shops. ‘The emouncement emphasized that the port is
to be operated by and will be the “absolute property of the Cuban state."
Tt has @leo been announced that Poland has now formileted plans for
wudlding the shipyard enviaaged in the port of Meriél, The ingtallation
WALL be mariaged by Cuban technicians vho are presently receiving training
in Polish shipyards on the Baltic, Ship construction will reportedly
resoh a level of 70,000 tons per yoar, (RBIS 98, 17 January, end Daily
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THE SITUATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA, PANAMA, AND MEXICO
Central America is relatively stable. Preparations are a
under way for President Kennedy's scheduled meeting with the Chiefs
of State of these countries at San Jose, Costa Rica, on 18 and 19
: . March. Tensions are rising, however, in those countries having
: ‘ ‘.elections scheduled this year; Mexico's political stability is
threatened;. and the Cuban subversive potential remains a problem
throughout the area.

During the forthcoming meeting, an attempt will be made to
center discussions on areas of common interest. Economic integra-
tion of the Central American region -- one of the major objectives
of the Alliance for Progress Program ~- will undoubtedly be em-
‘phasized. Central America, which has been moving toward greater
political unity, has begun to take steps toward economic integra-

‘tion, and presently envisages the creation of a Common Market by
1965. The Cuban subversive threat is also likely to be given top
priority. All of the Central American countries regard this as
one of the major problems and are seeking ways to meet it.

On 8 February, Nicaraguans are scheduled to cast ballots for
the first time in nearly 30 years for a Presidential candidate
who is not a member of the Somoza family. Rene Schick -- the
government's Liberal Party (PLN) candidate and hand-picked by the
Somozas -- is expected to win easily, however. Effective oppo-
sition to Schick collapsed when the major opposition party --
Traditionalist Conservative (PCT)-- boycotted the elections
because the government refused to permit OAS supervision. The
only opponent is Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolanos, a last-minute
candidate of the splinter Nicaraguan Conservative Party (PCN),
whose entry into the race seems to have been engineered by the
government to provide a semblance of opposition. Castro-
Communist.elements, militant conservatives and others may ‘attempt
to create disorders before or during the elections, but the
Nicaraguan National Guard is believed capable of. controlling
any troubles short of .a general uprising or wel 1-coordinated
rebel invasion -- neither of which seems likely.

Oo.

Anti-Somoza Nicaraguans have alleged fraudulent registra-
' tions and may attempt to challenge the elections. Although
Schick may not turn out to be a Somoza ‘puppet , opposition
suspicions will be reinforced with the likely retention of
Generali Anastasio Somoza as Director of the National Guard.

Repercussions in Guatemala from the recent abortive Air
Foree revolt have not been too serious. Although ‘plotting

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A planned Campesino (peasant) strike in Bolivia today .

could iead to violence if it. occurs. The Government
reportedly plens to block all entrances into La Paz
and campesinos loyal to the government are assembling
and arming to counter the strikers who are led by
pro-Communist Torribio Salas, A government spokesman
claims that ‘the Cuben and Czechoslovak Embassies are

financing the strike and that the Cubans are training |

campesino militia in other areas as well.

President Pag has reportedly said he wili do every-
thing to prevent the strike but will call on loyal
campesinos for aid if he fails. If armed conflict
develops between the two groups of campesinos,

the Armed Forces would probably be forced to step in,
President Pag might also have to take action sfainst
trouble makers like Salas, something he has tried to
avoid,

(CONFIDENTIAL)

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Three top WEkien Communist Party offiediala, including tude
Carlos Prestes, are teported Leaving for Cuba vie Prague prior to
15 Jenuary to dlsouss certain political problems with the Cuban.
im activities in the different Latin

Commuiiets vesponsible for pro-Cul

Awerlean eountrics, Before leaving they planed to be briefed by 2

Bregilian Communist Party méxber whe hes just returned from « viait to
perty leaders in Uruguay, Argenting, Chile, Peru, and Bolivie to get their
opinions shows holding the “Latina Awertoon Congress in Support of Cubs,”
now rescheduled for Maxéh, dn Rio or Sac Paulo, (CIA, Rie de Janeiro,

TN 42868, 31 Beoexbor, SHCrEr noroRN)

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The Wational Executive Commission of Brasil's orthodex Commmist
Party (P0B) reported;
perty position im relation te Franaisco Julies, Bredilian Peadent-League

alae

planned to meet on f January ta discuss the

leader who hes been cloder to Bragil's diseldent herd-Ling Conmmmist
Party than to ite orthodox group (CPB), The POB leaders planned to
eonciders the possibility of sending a high-level party delegation to
Cube to confer with Fidel Cagtro, not. only to improve relations but

to protest a maport that Cuttvel is supporting duldeo. (CIA Seo Pauls,

THeS.35 3904, 9 Jenusry, SECREP)

Comment: Cuba has for sew time had a divisive influence on
Bragiiian Communist affeiee. The diasident Commniet Party formed in
late 1951 hes ~ dike duliao ~ favored & nore revolutionary Lind and has

apparently received considerably mere support from Cuba than bas. the
orthodsx party. Anothex' indlestion of the divisive influence of Cube

wt that Frencisco Leives Otero, POR leader responsible for

matters pertaining to Cuba, attecked party mibservience to the Grou
a national POR conference on 29 November, Lefvas maintained that the
PCE showld digeuss the Sine-Soviet dispute with complete independence,

rather then waintein silenced on it as it had been doing, (SECRET)

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SUEJECT CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VICENTE LOMBARDO’
TOLEDANO AND PRESIDENT MATEOS$ -REASONS. FOR |
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Lopez MATEOS, PRESIDENT. OF MEXICO. LOMBARDO TOLD ROMERO HE WANTED |
“THE PR RESIDENT TO KNOW: ABOUT ‘HIS TRIP TO BRAZIL AND WHY HE WAS”
GOING. HE ASKED ROMERO TO TELL LOPEZ MATEOS THAT HE WOULD LE EAVE
AND EXPECTED TO BE

~Lowtact HIM ON HIS RETURN FROM BRAZIL IN ORDER TO ARRANGE A PRIVATE

MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT. LOMBARDO SAID HE HAD SEVERAL THINGS

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By! LOMBARDO GAVE ROMERO THE FOLLOWING REASONS FOR HIS TRIP TO

' BRAZIL. HE SAID THAT A GROUP OF BRAZILIAN PERSONALITIES AND

INTELLECTUALS HAD CONVOKED A CONGRESS WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO SE HELD —
/ IN RIO DE JANEIRO IN MARCH 1963. HE SAID THE TWO PRINCIPAL AIMS
“OF THE CONGRESS ARE: | | -
“7A TO CREATE AN ORGANIZATION IN DEFENSE OF CUBA,
BL To EXAMINE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS EXISTING IN LATIN
AMERICAN COUNTRIES:. IN ORDER TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC |

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APART. FROM THE COMMITTEE WHICH CONVOKED THE CONGRESS, A SECOND

SEPARATE COMMIT TTEE HAD SPRUNG UP WHOSE AIMS ARE. THE SAME, AND

THAT A ‘SORT OF RIVALRY HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE TWO GRCUPS.

LOMBARDO SAID THE RESULT WAS "THAT MY COMRADES IN EUROPE HAVE

ASKED ME TOGO TO BRAZIL TO INTERVENE: N, THE MATTER, To TRY TO ORGANIZE

A SING Le UNITED COMMITTEE, AND MAKE DEFINITE PREPARAT LONS_ FOR THE

(OLDING OF* THE CONGRESS. IN ORDER TO ENSURE. ITS SUCCESS." _ LOMBARDO

ID "THE COMRADES: IN EUROPE” SHOULD HAVE SENT AN ARGENT INE, A CHILEAN;

URUGUAYAN, OR SOMEONE NEARER BRAZIL, BUT THEY INSISTED ON SENDING

LIM BECAUSE HE HAS EXPERIENCE, “AND THEY ARE CONVINCED THAT HE GAN
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SAID, "I GO TO ORGANIZE SO THE CONGRESS WILL NOT FAIL, THAT 1S MY i
MISSION, NOTHING MORE, AFTER THAT ANY ONE FROM MEXICO CAN TTEND. " I
5. (FIELD COMMENT. LOMBARDO'S PLAN TO LEAVE MEXICO ON 13 FEBRUARY | ;

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REE + ported by one observer as generally unconcerned over ee
ee Communist danger. os os as

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j tion indicate the existence of an unhealthy attitude toward communism . ae
on the part of at least some segments of So Paulo! s working and’ -
—i managerial classes. - Further indications in support of or in refutation.
of the se signs will be submitted as they are noted,

PS ‘On January 31, L was visited by the two top Z American ex-
' ecutives of a- Brazilian subsidiary of a large American corporation. §
| They said. that their firm, following a practice instituted some years ~
} ago.of. periodically sampling worker sentiment in their plants, had
i; just finished a small survey conducted very informally by trusted ©
| Brazilian employees among 55 or 60 of their semi-skilled workers |
to discover how the latter would feel about the establishment in Brazil ;
| of a communist system of government. The result of this survey was 9.7
_} 30 shockingly different fromm that of earlier pulse-taking that these :
| executives thought the Consulate General should know about it. Eighty °
' percent of the workers. approached had indicated that while they did not -
_ {| pretend to know: much about communism, they. thought they would be =
-t bettet off under a communist regime than they-are at present. Among.”
: the reasons most commonly given were that things were sO badin ..
i Brazil that any change would be for the fEsyyxand that communism
i would put an end: to the rascality (malandragem) which is so prevalent.’ -:
The other twenty percent thought that communism would be ‘bad for the.

country,
LEN Names withhele at their “request.

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‘The company executives attributed the pro- ~communist
“sentiment. ‘as revealed, mainly to the economic difficulties ex-
perienced’ by, low~income families as a result of the rampant,
inflation. | They said their. labor relations were good, that while |
their pay scales were not as high as those in some other industries,»
‘some popular fringe benefits were provided, and that to the best of |
' their. knowledge there had been no communist agitators at work
among their x employees. : ;

- Not ‘long before this visit I was lunching one day at the
Y Jockey Club with Sr. Paulo Ayres Filho, a Brazilian banker-and
“pharmaceutical manufacturer who is the spark-plug of IPES

'. (Instituto de Pesquisas Economicas e Sociais), the principal demo-=
cratic action group in the local business world. Looking around him *-
at the other tables, occupied by a good many well-known figures ‘of ©
_ sdo Paulo's conservative upper classes, Sr. Ayres said to me, | _
“Apart from the two.of us, there isn't a man in this dining room who.”
“is seriously concerned over the communist danger in Brazil. = °°

No. conclusions, ‘obviously, should be drawn fromsuch | |
slender: ‘indications: _It has been my observation, however, that :
; “most Brazilians either believe that a communist take- ~over would
be impossible, in Brazil, or. believe that even if it occurred, it.
a would take. a. relatively mild form. with which they could live. The a
'“-Brazilian's’ boasted calm, which is genuine and in most circumstances-
‘a vir tues, could in the. Present, state of: affairs be the cause of his undoing.

‘Daniel Me. “Braddock ’
C ns L General “

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'-- country, Colombia/Cuba «=. | REPORT NO. CS -3/536,069
1 SUBJECT Cuban Support of Guerrillas DATE DISTR, | 4 February 1963
in Colombia ,
NO. PAGES 1
REFERENCES RD
. DATE OF October 1962
a INFO. —
“2. PLACE & Germany, Munich
a DATE ACQ. (14 December 1962) FIELD REPORT NO.
} THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
4 "SOURCE: An official German service, from "a fairly reliable source

‘with contacts in Buenos Aires." Appraisal of Content: 6.

1. Maximo Gruber, a major in the Cuban Army and one of the
leaders of the G-2 section, has been appointed technical leader
of the Communist guerrillas in Sumapaz, Colombia. 1 Gruber,

a Polish Jew, was formerly a commiSsar in Spain. His wife
is European. His son Maximo is a graduate of the Lenin
Institute in Moscow. On his frequent trips to Bolivia,
Uruguay, and Cuba he carries a Bolivian diplomatic pass-
port identifying him as "traveling inspector of the
Bolivian Foreign Ministry."

2. Gruber is being assisted in his tasks in Colombia by
Jaime Guerra, also known as Captain Veneno. One.of his
liaisom officers to the Communist Party.of Colombia is
Blanca Diaz y Collazo, a lawyer and former member of the _
‘Cuban Embassy in Bogota, who was trained in Prague in 1952. . wl

oy, Headquarters Comment. ‘An official British service
“reported in April 1961 that Maximo Grobart, nationality |.
unknown, waS training guerrillas in the Sumapaz area;
Grobart, who claimed to be of Hungarian origin, had a
‘Cuban passport in the name of, Jose Blanco and might
-have had other passports of different nationalities.

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COUNTRY Costa Rica/Cuba REPORT NO. CS -3/534,724

SUBJECT Departure of Costa Rican Communist to DATE DISTR.

22 January 1963
Live in Cuba

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INFO. . .
DATE ACQ, (23 Nowertee eyo FIELD REPORT NO. HRS-3006

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unist Party

Carlos Guillen Fernandez, Costa Rican Communist who was formerly very

active in the Sociedad de Amigos de la Revolucion Cubana (Society of

Friends of the Cuban Revolution), left Costa Rica on WwW November, on his
' way to Cuba, where he planned to remain indefinitely and to work.

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COUNTRY Ecuador/Cuba/Latin America / REPORT NO.” CS=3/535,791 . -
SUBJECT Request by Cuban Diplomat in DATE DISTR. 1 February 1963
. Chile to Member of the - ST -
Revolutionary Union of Ecuadorean NO. PAGES |. lL
Youth for Information on Leftist Ce
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"INFO. Mid-January 1963 ‘
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souRCcE:; Member (C) of the Revolutionary Union of ‘Ecuadorean Youth. —
Appraisal of Content: 3. Se — .

Cc “" Alfredo Vera Arrata, a member of the National Executive Council |

’ of the. Revolutionary Union of Ecuadorean Youth (URJE) until his

‘- ‘expulsion from URJE during its National: Convention held in early -

-.- January 1963, has received a letter from Pedro Martinez Pirez, .
First Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Santiago, Chile, in ;
‘whiéh he asks” Véra™to“send”a person to Chile to inform him on
current leftist activity ‘un Ecuador. Vera plans to send

- Jaime Galarza Zavala, also expelled from URJE, if funds can. be-:

', raised for the tri a oe °

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COUP.» MAGLOIRE CLAIMS. TO HAVE THE BACKING OF THE HAITIAN ARMY,
THE DATE OF THE couP |S EXPECTED TO SE SET AT A SECRET MEETING

© WILL BE HELD IN NEW YORK ON 2 FEBRUARY.

2, MAGLOIRE EXPECTS TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND MANPOME
oo FROM C CERTAIN CUBANS IN EXILE, “ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ Y ECHAZABAL,
a FORMER CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HAITI, 1S LINING@UP. CUBAN EXILE SUPPO!
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de MAJOR GUILLERMO HINOSTROZA, WHO WAS NAMED AS THE GUARDIA CIVIL

JUDGE TO. TAKE THE STATEMENTS OF THE COMMUNISTS ACCUSED OF
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WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE, PARTY IN THE NI NETEEN FORTIES. PARTY.

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2. NAVY CAPTAIN ENRIQUE CARBONNEL, CHIEF OF THE SERVICIO DE
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE. JUNTA. AND URGE HIM TO PREVENT THE. RELEASE
oF THE COMMUNISTS... JAVIER CAMPOS MONTOYA, CHIEF OF THE STATE
| SECURITY DIVISION, OF THE POLICIA DE~ INVESTIGACIONES DEL PERU, INSISTS
| THAT THE. GOVERNMENT HAS AMPLE EVIDENCE, INCLUDING SOME CONFESSLONS,
ON WHICH! TO CONVICT THE COMMUNISTS. CAMPOS EXPRESSED D!SAPPOINTMENT
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BUT HE HAS SOME HOPE THAT THE JUNTA WILL OVERRIDE THE DECISION.
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af verchiand in the Peruvian hig! a ty Andoen Tnitenis,

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Peruvian

Communist Elements Coordinating Their Activities

Orthodox Communists in Peru are apparently putting
aside their differences and moving toward closer
co-operation with the extremist Trotskyist faction,”
believed to be leading the recent outbreak of
disorders. The groups are reportedly ce-ordinating

‘previously random plans to carry out extensive

Gestruction of industrial and agriculteural
installations and to provoke uprisings. Cubans and
other Latin American nationals as well as Havana
and Moscow-trained Peruvians are said to be
instrumental in this latest development.

Members of the Peruvian junta have expressed
serious concern over the internal situation

and hinted that they favor strong action. Although
constitutional guaranises have been: suspended-in a
fourth department ,and several Army units have been
moved into the areas of disorders, the junta has
taken no further action. It has requested riot
control equipment from the US and says it is

Yeady to embark on an anti-Communist program upon
assurance that the equipment is forthcoming.
(SECRET)

SOURCE: EMB LIMA 612 and 613 (S); ATRA LIMA C-1 (Cc)

gan 63 DIA Intelligence Bulletin Page

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Peruvian Junta Makes Firm Anti-Communist Move

Continued Communist—incited disorders and an alleged

Havana~Moscow plan to take over the government >

prompted the military junta to suspend constitutional
guarantees in Peru and institute a nationwide state ‘
'of siége early on 5 January. Military commanders
assumed political control in their respective zones, :
and a reported 800 Communist Party leaders and pro- :
Communist subversives have been arrested. The :
Lima headquarters of several Communist and
Communist-front organizations, as well as their
publications, have been closed.

According to the Communist plan, subversive activity t
was to have been intensified between 15 and 20
January in all parts of Peru, with assaults on i
banking and commercial institutions, military |
garrisons, vital communications facilities, and i
universities. A clandestine radio station operating |
on the Bolivian border allegedly was to direct '
and co-ordinate this activity.

O -The junta has regarded members of the leftist but
non-Commmist American Popular Revolutionary '
Alliance (APRA) a greater danger than the
Communists and originally tended to blame them
for the disorders. There is no proof that APRA . ;
has been involved in anything but legititmate :
strike activity. Suspension of constitutional
guarantees would enable the junta to strike at
“APRA to discredit and weaken it before the scheduled
elections next June. (SECRET)

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A number of high-ranking Cuban leaders since the first of
the year have publicly called for revolution,in other Latin
American countries, with Venezuela singled out as a country
with top priority.

Coinciding with these appeais have been reports that the
Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) planned to step up terrorist
activity to discredit President Betancourt before his US
visit. The recent incidence of terrorism, which has included
attacks on the US Chamber of Commerce office building and the
burning of Sears, Roebuck warehouses, is apparently part
of this campaign.

Involved in the current terrorism is the Armed Forces of
National Liberation (FAIN). The PALN, although purporting to
represent all of the opposition, includes some prominent
Communists and is emerging as a paramilitary force of the PCV
with its main strength in the Caracas area.

Guerrilla bands also operate in western Venezuela, but

there is no firm evidence that their activity is coordinated

with that in the Caracas area. Venezuelan army units, with
air support, have been used in a recent campaign against
these guerrillas.

The armed forces are generally capable of maintaining
internal security and of defending the nation's borders
against neighboring countries. The vast majority supports
conustitutionality and is leyal to the Betancourt government.
The armed forces would not ‘hesitate, however, to take over the
government in order to maintain order or to forestall a
Communist uprising. The armed forces were earlier greatly
frustrated over the government's inaction against Communist-—
instigated disorders. Betancourt's recent willingness to
take more vigorous action, however, coupled with the strong
support given the US during the Cuban crisis, has’ overcome
much of this dissatisfaction, and armed forces' support of
the government is greater now than it was six months ago.

The officer corps is generally free of Communist
penetration, although there has been some infiltration in the
Marine corps, two or three battalions having been involved
in leftist-led revolts during the spring of 1962. ~
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C Extremist And Police Activities In Venezuela
Veneznela has been afflicted over the past several
_months with a rash of Castro-Communist terrorist actions.
Many incidents, involving shootings and robberies, are
connected with the Movement of the Revolutionary Left,*
the Venezuelan Communist Party, and the Armed Forces
of National Liberation -- the Castro-Communist group
ro, credited with the destruction at the Maracaibo oil
fields during the Cuban crisis. These activities are
probably designed to discredit and weaken the Bétan-
court Government.

i The police have demonstrated considerable proficiency

: in preventing major outbreaks and in acting rapidly
to arrest terrorists. They have rounded up extremists
responsible for the holdup and looting of a printing

- supply warehouse and the burning of the Dupont paint
warehouse and have captured the Communist leader of
guerrilla bands operating in the Falcon. area of

H northwestern Venezuela. (CONFIDENTIAL)

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Venezuelan Communists Plan to Yucrease Violence
ES

As part of its terrorist campaign, the Venezuelan
Communist Party reportedly plans to mark the fourth
anniversary of Betanccurt's presidency on 13: February
by guerrilla bombings in the Caracas area. Other
Communists are to see to it that the capital is
flooded with propaganda that day. According to un-
confirmed reports, Venezuelan authorities have

charged the Castro government with ordering the recent

terrorism in both Venezuela and Colombia under an
extensive plan to create collective panic and insecurity
in both countries. Colombian military authorities’

have reportedly erawn up a plan to prevent terrorism

in Colombia's cities. :

(SECRET) ~

SOURCE: TDCS 3/537,117 (S); FBIS (U)

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SUBJECT:  Alternetive US Public Posture on Subversion in Latin America

a. Although our public’ posture on subversion in Latin Anerlea may . oo nce

be 400 firmly esteblished for instant end radical revision, the following - i

‘enalysis is offered on the assummtion that sowe change in emphasis is

both possible and desirable, now or et soue time in the future.

‘2. Given the existence of a Commnisé sta zte, of.elther mnjor per- ; i

suasion, what is the likelthood that if will en. age in subversion toward —~,

ne eignboring states?

ay Potal. ALL experience of the pest forty years demonstrates | 4a

“that @ Communist state emanates subversion as the sun emanatés heat. a : 5
b, But let us be clear that two kinds of subversion ere involved:

(1) Hardwere-centered - that is, fumds, guns, tools of _ bE

sabotage.

. (2) Egalitarian end libertarian idesils.

3, How mich does this fact of inevitable subversion raise the prob-

“epi ity cf Commnism spreading to target countries? |

" Subversion is never a a suffieléat condition - - vend frequently | - a pS

“not @ ne cessary ones : Aes

lr ‘Subversion is | really dangerous: to a 2 target Btate, there

Po 8 $a pes bE sonething seriously yrong in that atete, | (Prance's "Wasser:

Fellecy” of 1956; France embarked on the Suez adventure on the assumption |

ie in Algeria would magical ly

= - ‘thet if Wasser vere disposed of, the t+
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diser Sean, ‘Although the game was not pleyed cut, few would dispute the

coriclusion thet France's assumption was wrong; or, for that matter,

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that France would have been in an even deeper worass if her military

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forces hed nanaged with the British to cemmy Cairo.)

. « :
AY How feasivle is it to control subversion at the source without

‘

destroying the Commpniist State?
Usually st is infeasible to do so or the costs are prohibitive.
For instance, the costs of a protracted tight quarantine which

‘gould prevent the export bot’ of nerdvere-ortented en and idéa subversion,

oe

would be very high, even if the activity were aceepted by Cuba and the...
Soviet Union, This would mean inspecting every vessel, searching every
traveler, -forcing planes down for inspection, ete. We submit (a) that
“ideas would still be exported end (») that by so doing we would mesnify
the importance of Cuba beyond imagination, Te would becomes a kind of
.. forbidden trait. ‘The analogy with prohibition in this country comes to
“mind, This course involves ean increment of prestige and lure to Cuba

, . ‘vnten would be Likely “to outweigh the doubtless desirable diminution, in
- the expert of trained. Subversives and associated haravere, ‘Furthermore >
~ given the success of such an effore by the obvious Soviet ‘counter would be
: to use other: channels voick we. could not surveil without tWajor Rast-

; o West conzrontation. “the Cuben. su ubversion exp port orgmization might well

“move, to Hoscow, Progue endfor even Péiping, Therefore, to take & public

. “stance opponed: to cuban subversion srbthows having, resolyed on invasion

ds to be committed to a policy bound tc demonstrate US Impotence.

5. If we want to control eubversion at the source by déestroving
the Commnist State » Cuba, hov useful ls 16 for us publicly to emphasize

 hardware-centered, subversion ss the reason?

to

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ef sxerm ~ SEPSITIVE

Be For mony people outside of the US, even the export of

>. gubversion by foreé and sabotage also involves ideas and dedication, _

eS weil ad funds, arms, end other eouipment, (We, for example, are
not ashened of the Bay of Pigs expedition except that it failed.) 9
b, Usually attitudes toward viclent subversion depend on

ebtitudes toward thetarget, (Bxemcle: acts against Jimines, Trujillo .

aid not offend US/ wost of Latin Ax serten/ 1 most of the world; the paral-—

“Jel todey: Somoza, Ydigoras, Stroesser); We run the danger of felling
na into the USSR projection of the US as the "world gendarme." Subversion

“directed against the Dutch govermzent would outrage not only all Americans,

“'put also all non-Comnmist Europ ites legitimacy ts total, . But the

same can not be said for most Lt Yhe difference La decisive

and perhaps ‘sonetimes neglected.

d, We in the US tend %o Look at subve: reion in Letin America
fron the point-of-view of hardware. Bub a great deal of ‘she subversion
tn Latin norton is or at deast Sppears as iden-centered, not hardware-

conte ee The export of “armed sagresst "by, dedicated revolutionaries

: ds only a é port. of the ‘process, Another paz dart, watch is sat ‘Least as impor-

: tant, and probably more 80,. is the export ¢ of ‘propaganda, This, he ver,

to much ‘of the world, ‘tetudine Letined mores outside of ‘the oligerchies,
will appeer as an export of idens and ideals (perheps wrong, bub never-
7 theless 4deas). Our approach, then, tends to pass rather than meet the

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“lating viewpoints, We are very close to putting ourselvee into the

- position of “the Tsarist gendarmes who tried to use brute foree against
the power: of idens. The tre ap is that we may seem thereby to be acknow~
edging thé decline and duminent fall of our own ideas.

cry . One consequence e of thie line of reasoning would be that,
Lf we ever find it necessary to invede Cubs, we‘ should do “$0 in stop
7 the firing squads," “to guarantee free elections," -~ but not to’ save

_Bonoza

6 ‘How feasible is it for us to comtrol both-kinds of subversion .

at. the ‘tanget rather then at ‘the source?

fully controlled subver sion except in t the dubious case of S. Vietnor
Even tn the: difficult ease of Greece » we succeeded aa a - combine tion of

military ond economic measured.

vig the problems» rather it is often practicable and also often the mos’
sirable way a ~ 2 Ce 7 ak :
’ Suppose ‘that. we decided to invade cuba to control Subversion

sen the result (Comes eases):

2, That ve. “vestored, the st eo agte Castro. |

be: . Theat ‘for. seesons of expedicney we try to maintain Castro's
yeforus” -+ 1.a., what many ‘Letinoes) ‘would régerd as "socialism."
e, That ve gave the Cuban peovle an chvious free choice, no

(— —_ matter whet ensued. -

nism in the Western Hemisphere

How would the prospects for Cav

a

“ye affected? -

7

So AS _ semen  seonrderipersrst

Be is often feasible. This is how we have in fact succesé~ | a

2’, The point is not that this is always a fensible wey of hand-

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Casé Bs There would be strong popular Latin American support,
et

“.. $ome governmental outrage , but the prospects for Commmism would be

diminished,

Case C: Paradoxically, the reault would depend on what ensued,

because most Latin Americans do not trust~the, US: (and particularly would

: ee
be skeptical of "roe elections" if US seldiers were present }:~

oo * goNeLsTONS 2 | .

2, Conditions in most parte of Latin America ere such that sub-

‘version (oxen or > Bloo or - poth) is really dang Zerous,

2, Since this is 80, the US ‘ublic posture should not recomize

Mats; and. we should abstain frou public pronouncezents that subversion

is conceivably a casus belli,
4, The point-of-view Bet forth in this paper, insofar as it can

be made opefative, may tend to bring & fundamental eLignnent between the

“US publi ¢ posture and LA opinion,

ood, the us course . of ac tion towards ‘any Ll country has to veign the
catvant ages and dtendventoses, , in any Ge ven case at any given tine 7 or

gubversion eontrol () at gource or ()-2 at +! point of. impect.

5. Te satus principles. ‘vould apply af another comamist-oriented

goverment 1 were to: “eone to power tn any part of latin ‘America,

TOP s sucker - _ SINSTTIVE BO aa

Cese As Boomerang - we would almost certainly enhance the — : arn

‘prospects for Comumisn, Bg ea

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